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| | The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Travel |
 | | Amid the calm, stands the fortress on a 183-metre-high conical natural granite rock, earlier known as Devagiri, or "Hill of the Gods." During the 12 century AD, the capital of the Yadava dynasty, Devagiri became the stronghold of successive rulers, since its apparent invulnerability kept their powers intact. |
 | | The Yadavas ruled the region independently from 1183 till 1294, when Raja Ramchandra of Devagiri was overcome by Ala-ud-din, nephew of Sultan Jalal-ud-Din Khilji, and was appointed governor, owing allegiance to the Delhi Sultanate. |
 | | Devagiri continued to be administered by various governors appointed by the Delhi Sultanate till 1347, when governor Zafar Khan rebelled against the administration, and became the first Bahamni Sultan. |
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