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This fort is located in
Pen Taluka of
Raigad district. It is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from
Pen.
History
A Sank king built the fort. He had a daughter named Jagamata. The king was
killed in battle, his daughter committed suicide by jumping from the
fort; this is the popular myth. In 1540 Nizamshah of Ahmednagar captured
this fort from Gujarath's sultan. The Sultan of Gujarat captured it
back with the help of
Portuguese.
Later he assumed the Nizam were counterattacking the fort, so he handed
over the fort to the Portuguese and ran away to Gujarat. Due to
frequent attacks on the army by the
Nizam, the Portuguese purchased the fort along with
Karnala fort from Nizam.
Places of Interest
There
are no Bastions or Gate on the fort. But there are plenty of rock cut
cisterns on the fort and a small cave. The Badruddin Darga at the base
of the fort is worth visiting.From the top of fort many forts like
Karnala, Manikgad, Sagargad are seen.
How to reach
The
road from Tarankhop village on Mumbai-Goa National highway rightly
takes to the Sankshi fort.The road from village Balawali is a tiresome
walk of 1 hour Sankshi is a very small fort to climb, but hiring a guide
from the nearby village is recommended. There are no proper steps or
gate on the fort. There are two ways to climb the fort. The northern and
the eastern way. It takes about 20 minutes to see the fort.
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