Warangal Fort, in the present-day Indian state of Telangana, appears to have existed

since at least the 12th century. The fort was then the capital of the Kakatiya dynasty. The
fort has four ornamental gates which originally formed the gates to the now defunct
great Shiva temple which are known as Kakatiya Kala Thoranam or Warangal Gates. The
feature of these historical arches has been adopted as the symbol of the Kakatiya
dynasty and has been officially incorporated as the Emblem of Telangana for the state of
Telangana.

Warangal
Fort
 Initially Warangal was under the rule of the Yadava kings in the 8th
century.
 Came under the control of the Kakatiya dynasty from the 12th century.
 Ganapatideva, Rudramadevi and Prataparudra II all added to the fort's
height, and they built gateways, square bastions and additional circular
earthen walls. This places the construction towards the end of
the Kakatiya period.
 There were later modifications between the 15th and 17th centuries to
the fort, mainly with the addition of barbicans to the four gates in the
stone wall and the creation of gates in the outer earthen wall.
 Fort is laid out in three concentric circular walls with defensive
fortifications. he first structure built during the reign of Rudrama Devi
was in the form an earthen embankment, of 1.5 miles
(2.4 km) diameter. A moat of about 150 feet (46 m) width was dug
around the this wall and it formed the outer limits of the fort.
 Central part of the Kakatiya capital, called the fort. All was built with
dressed huge granite stone blocks of very large dimensions. These
stones were not in any regular shape, but were closely fitted without
using any type of mortar.
 The wall has been fortified with 45 very large sized
rectangular bastions (also known as towers), which measures 40–60
feet (12–18 m) on a side.
 Each gate has twin pillars with angled brackets over which lies the
huge lintel the height of this gate is 10 metres (33 ft.).
 Within the archaeological zone, to its south, there is a big water tank. Within this tank
is a distinctive natural rock formation that protrudes above the water surface. This is
called locally as Orugallu in Telugu which gives its name as "Warangal" to the fort.
There is a small temple built over this rock. There are many other temples and water
ponds in the entire fort complex. There are also three large granaries close to the
south gate of the fort.
 There are many inscriptions on the ruins of the wall of the main temple recording the
gift of a Kakatiya king, on pillars, on a stone outside the fort, and at many more places,
all in Telugu language.
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Eshwar.G
Section- A
Sem- 3