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¹⁶ *Futūh.* pp. 226, also 357. Katakah was walled and fortified by Muhammad Tughlaq when he shifted his capital to Daulatabad. There he built three concentric lines of defence: Daulatbad, the seat of the sultan and his army; Katakah; and Devagiri fort itself. In Mughal times Daulatabad came to be known as Ambarkot, Katakah as Mahakot, and Devagiri as Balakot. Ibn Battūtah, vol. IV, p. 46. Stuart Piggot: *Some Ancient Cities of India*, Oxford, pp. 79-85.