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Bhongir Fort

Bhongir is a fort on an isolated rock. It became the eastern frontier post of the early Bahmani kingdom.

Period
Recorded from the 14th century
Location
17.5147° N, 78.8926° E

Source of the position: OpenStreetMap node/3954691379

Condition
The sources consulted do not describe it after 1909.
A huge smooth dome of pink granite rises above a line of palm trees and green fields. Dark vertical streaks run down the bare rock face. A small group of buildings stands on the summit.

Bhongir Fort stands on the summit of a single large granite rock. The bare rock rises steeply above the surrounding fields and palm trees.

Photo: Shishirdasika, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

A round stone tower with a notched top edge stands on a slope of bare granite. Stone steps with low side walls climb up beside the tower. A notched stone wall continues along the rock to the right.

A round stone tower stands beside a flight of steps on the bare rock of Bhongir hill. A stone wall with a notched top extends from the tower along the slope.

Photo: Gaurav.alaspure, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Detail

Historical photographs

These photographs were published a century or more ago. They show the monument as it stood before later repair and restoration.

A large rounded rock hill rises behind open ground. A small building with a pitched roof stands beside a road. A tree fills the left foreground.

Photographed before 1928

The report for 1925-26 shows this general view of Bhongir Fort on its rock. A small building stands beside a road at the foot of the hill. The report was published in 1928.

Photo: Hyderabad Archaeological Department, Annual Report of the Archaeological Department of H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions for 1925-26, 1928 · Public domain

Also recorded as

  • Bhongir
  • Bhuvanagiri
  • Bhonagir
  • Tribhuvanagiri

Sources