FORTS OF INDIA (Ahmadnagar)
FORTS OF INDIA (Ahmadnagar)
THE Satavahanas had a prosperous kingdom on the south-western coast of the country in ancient times. Commerce and trade flourished with even foreign countries. One of the towns in their kingdom was Ashmak on which site there now stands Ahmadnagar, about 117 km from Pune in Maharashtra. Later the Yadavas took Ashmak and it became part of the Devagiri kingdom. Under the new rulers also Ashmak grew prosperous. The first to denude Ashmak of its wealth was Ala-ud-din Khalji, nephew and son-in-law of Sultan Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq. Later Kutb-ud- din Mubarak Shah marched on Devagiri and on conquest Ashmak merged with the Delhi empire.