At the time of Shivaji Maharaj’s death, there were 240-300 forts under Maratha rule. Some of these forts existed before him that he captured, and some were built under his orders. Historians differ in their opinion on whether there were 240 or 300 forts. No single authoritative primary-source list of exactly “240 forts under Shivaji during his lifetime” is available online.
In this article, I have tried to compile a list of all of Shivaji Maharaj‘s forts during his lifetime.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s Forts List in Alphabetical order:
- Ajinkyatara (Satara)
- Ajra (Kolhapur)
- Akluj Fort. (Solapur)
- Alibaug/Kulaba Fort (Alibaug)
- Anjaneri (Nashik)
- Avchitgad (Raigad)
- Bahadurgad/Pedgaon (Ahmednagar)
- Banda (Satara)
- Bankot (Ratnagiri)
- Baramati Bhuikot Fort (Pune)
- Bhimgad (Karnataka Border)
- Bhivgad/Bhimgad (Karjat)
- Bhopalgad (Solapur)
- Bhudargad (Kolhapur)
- Bhushangad
- Birwadi (Satara)
- Chakan Bhuikot Fort (Pune)
- Chandragad (Raigad)
- Chandan (Satara)
- Chandwad (Nashik)
- Dategad (Satara)
- Daulatabad/Devgiri (Daulatabad)
- Dhandarajgad (Kolhapur)
- Dhodap (Nashik)
- Fattegad (Ratnagiri)
- Gagangadh/Bawda (Gaganbawda)
- Galna (Malegaon)
- Ghosalgad (Raigad)
- Govalkot (Chiplun)
- Gopalgad/Anjanvel (Ratnagiri)
- Harihar Fort/Harshagad (Nashik)
- Harishchandragad (Ahmednagar)
- Hatgad (Nashik)
- Indragad (Satara)
- Jaigad (Ratnagiri)
- Jinji (Tamil Nadu)
- Jivdhan (Junnar)
- Kalyangad/Nandgiri (Satara)
- Karanja Fort (Karanja)
- Karnala/Funnel Fort (Raigad)
- Kenjalgad (Wai)
- Khanderi (Mandwa)
- Kaslotgad (Satara or Raigad)
- Kohoj (Waghote)
- Korigad (Aamby Valley City)
- Korlai (Alibaug)
- Kothaligad (Karjat)
- Lohagad (Pune)
- Machindragad (Sangli)
- Mandangad (Ratnagiri)
- Mahipatgad (Dahivali)
- Mahuli Fort (Thane)
- Manohargad (Kudal)
- Manora Gad (Satara)
- Mulher (Nashik)
- Nagardhan (Nagpur)
- Naldurg (Dharashiv)
- Nandurbargad (Nandurbar)
- Narayangad (Narayangaon)
- Narsimhagad/Jamalabad Fort (Karnataka)
- Nivati Fort (Malvan)
- Padmadurg/Kasa (Raigad)
- Panhala (Kolhapur)
- Paranda Killa (Dharashiv)
- Pawangad (Kolhapur)
- Pavnar (Pune)
- Pratapgad (Satara)
- Purandar (Pune)
- Raigad (Konkan)
- Rajapur Fort (Ratnagiri)
- Rajgad (Pune)
- Rajmachi (Pune)
- Rameshwar Fort (Ratnagiri)
- Rangana/Prasiddhagad (Satara)
- Ratangad (Ahmednagar)
- Revdanda (Alibaug)
- Rohida/Vichitragad (Bhor)
- Sajjangad (Satara)
- Salher (Satana)
- Sanjivani (Bhor)
- Sarjekot (Malvan)
- Shivneri (Pune)
- Sindhudurg (Malvan)
- Sinhagad/Kondhana (Pune)
- Songad (Gujrat)
- Sudhagad/Bhorapgad (Raigad)
- Suvarnadurg (Ratnagiri)
- Tarapur (Palghar)
- Thal (Raigad)
- Tikona (Pune)
- Torna (Pune)
- Trimbakgad/Brahmagiri (Nashik)
- Tung (Pune)
- Vandan (Satara)
- Vasota (Satara)
- Velas (Ratnagiri)
- Vijaydurg (Sindhudurg)
- Vishalgad/Khelna/Khilna (Kolhapur)
- Vite (Satara)
Region-wise list of Shivaji Maharaj’s Forts (240 forts):
1. Konkan & Coastal (including sea forts) — 40
2. Pune / Sahyadri (Pune, Maval, Junnar area) — 60
3. Satara & Mahabaleshwar belt — 30
4. Kolhapur & South Maharashtra — 25
5. Nashik / Khandesh / Northern forts — 25
6. Raigad / Alibag / Panvel region — 30
7. Mumbai & Thane / Palghar region — 10
8. North Maharashtra / Dhule / Jalgaon fringe — 10
9. Karnataka / Tamil Nadu & southern outposts — 10
List of Shivaji Maharaj’s 12 Forts Recognized by UNESCO:
1. Raigad.
2. Pratapgad.
3. Panhala.
4. Shivneri.
5. Lohgad.
6. Salher.
7. Sindhudurg.
8. Suvarnadurg.
9. Vijaydurg.
10. Khanderi.
11. Rajgad
12. Jinji.
According to Sabhasad Bakhar, Shivaji Maharaj had a total of 240 forts under his rule. Among them, 111 were built by him, he won 50, and 79 forts were from Karnataka province (These 79 contain both built and conquered forts).
But no source mentions the names of all forts; therefore, I was able to collect the names of around 100 forts only. I will keep updating the list. If you know the names of forts not mentioned above or are wrong, please let me know using the comments section.