A History of the Mahrattas v1.c8.69
A History of the Mahrattas v1.c8.69
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on the north side only; the walls are high, the parapet and rampart narrow, and the towers confined. There is but one entrance into the body of the place through five or six gateways; and there is a mud outwork which also has a ditch. I mention it particularly on account of its reputed antiquity; for, although it probably is the fort built by Mullik-ool-Tijar, according to concurring Hindoo legends, it was constructed by an Abyssinian Polygar A.D. 1295. As to how he got there, they do not pretend to account.