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Notice. An Unpublished Inscription from the Fort of Ahmadnagar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2019

PUSHKAR SOHONI  and
WILLIAM KWIATKOWSKI
PUSHKAR SOHONI
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Punepushkar.sohoni@iiserpune.ac.in
WILLIAM KWIATKOWSKI
Affiliation:
Independent Scholar, Washington DC
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Abstract

The fort of Ahmadnagar is important in the Sultanate history of the Deccan. There is no published epigraphic evidence regarding its construction. This notice concerns an inscription that has hitherto gone unnoticed, and which mentions the rebuilding of the fort in stone.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , October 2019 , pp. 723 - 726
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 2019

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13 The authors are grateful to Manijeh Bayani and Wheeler M. Thackston for their assistance in translation.

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