[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of the Mahrattas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826) › v1.c8.69 # A History of the Mahrattas v1.c8.69 A History of the Mahrattas v1.c8.69 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c8.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c8.69) 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. - [Previous: v1.c8.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c8.68) - [Next: v1.c8.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c8.70) - [Up: v1.c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c8.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c8.69) · Pramāṇa