Daulatabad Fort
Daulatabad Fort, originally Devagiri Fort, is a historic fortified citadel located in Daulatabad village near Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. It was the capital of the Yadavas, for a brief time the capital of the Delhi Sultanate, and later a secondary capital of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate.Photo: Udaykumar PR, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Fort
- Description: 12th-century fortified citadel in Maharashtra, India
- Also known as: “Daulatabad Fort Monument therein (i.e. Chand Minar)”, “Deogiri Fort”, “Devagiri Daulatabad Fort”, “Devgiri Fort”, “Dowlat-a-bad”, “Dowlutabad”, and “Dowlutabad near Elora”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chand Minar.
Chand Minar
Tower
Photo: Udaykumar PR, CC BY 3.0.
The Chand Minar or the Tower of the Moon is a medieval tower in Daulatabad, India. The tower is located in the state of Maharashtra near the Daulatabad fort complex. Chand Minar is situated 540 metres northeast of Daulatabad Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Daulatabad and Khuldabad.
Daulatabad
Photo: P.K.Niyogi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Daulatabad, also known as Devagiri, is a town in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, close to Aurangabad.
Khuldabad
Photo: Lala Deen Dayal, Public domain.
Khuldabad is a town 27 km north-west of Aurangabad. It's called the City of Mosques due to the large number of mosques. Here you can find the tomb of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.
Daulatabad Fort
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Western India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
19.94258° or 19° 56′ 33″ northLongitude
75.21271° or 75° 12′ 46″ eastElevation
735 metres (2,411 feet)Open location code
7JFQW6V7+23OpenStreetMap ID
way 1246827867OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Daulatabad Fort” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حصن دولت آباد”
- Bengali: “Daulatabad Fort”
- Chinese: “道拉塔巴德”
- Czech: “Daulatábádská pevnost”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة دولت اباد”
- French: “Daulatabad”
- German: “Deogiri”
- German: “Devagiri”
- Hindi: “दौलताबाद दुर्ग”
- Malayalam: “ഡൗലത്താബാദ് ഫോർട്ട്”
- Marathi: “दौलताबाद किल्ला”
- Russian: “Даулатабад”
- Tamil: “தௌலதாபாத் கோட்டை”
- Telugu: “దౌలతాబాద్ కోట”
- Thai: “ป้อมเทาลตาบาด”
- Turkish: “Devletabad Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Даулатабад”
- Urdu: “دولت آباد قلعہ”
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