[1] This monument is protected by Maharashtra State, Archaeology Department.

[2][3] The fort was built about the middle of the 15th century by a Maratha Chief and was named after him.

Between 16th and 17th centuries it belonged to the Nizam Shahi of Ahmadnagar, as is evidenced front several inscriptions in the fort in which some of the kings of this dynasty are mentioned.

The hill on which fort stays is nearly square in form and about a mile in circumference.

Two fines of walls, with bastions at intervals, extend round the brow of the hill at a short distance from each other and the entrance was guarded by strong teak wood gates.