The Business Forts

Vasai Fort wasn’t really a fort in the narrow sense at all — it was an entire walled city, home…

Uparkot Fort predates almost every other fort you’ll find on a typical India travel itinerary by well over a thousand…

Tung Fort was never meant to win a fight — it was built to lose time. Too small to hold…

Torna Fort holds a distinction that even Rajgad and Sinhagad can’t claim: it was the very first fort a 16-year-old…

Tikona Fort is the one hill fort near Pune you can identify from miles away without needing a map —…

Taragarh Fort withstood a siege by Mahmud of Ghazni, one of medieval India’s most feared invaders, forcing him to retreat…

St. Angelo Fort witnessed one of Portuguese colonial history’s more revealing episodes of raw political ambition — a sitting Viceroy…

Sitabuldi Fort might be the hardest fort in this entire guide to actually get into — not because of steep…

Sindhudurg Fort holds a genuinely rare distinction among India’s thousands of historical forts: somewhere inside its 48-acre walls sits a…

Sinquerim Fort doesn’t get its own name recognition the way its more famous neighbor does — most visitors know it…