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Raigad [From materials contributed by Mr. H. Kennedy.] or the Royal Fort originally called Rairi, was known to the early Europeans as the Gibraltar of the East [ Grant Duff's Marathas, 679.]. It stands 2,851 feet above the sea, sixteen miles north of Mahad, and about forty east of Janjira. Its sheer scarped sides and long top form a great wedge-shaped block, cut from the Sahyadris by a deep valley about a mile broad at the base and two miles across from crest to crest. As it is backed by the lofty line of the Sahyadris and surrounded by spurs and blocks of hills, Raigad seldom forms a striking feature in the Kolaba landscape. From the west, about six miles on each side of Manganv, though the lower slopes are hid, the Takmak and Hirkani points are noticeable, forming an irregular horse-shoe. From the south, two long spurs, Kalkai from which Raigad was shelled in 1818, and the prominent top of Guiri, mask its height and hide its scarps. And from Mahabalesvar, so encircled is it by higher and bolder hills, that Raigad is difficult to make out even when its position is known. According to Mr. Douglas the finest view of Raigad is from the peak of Torna, 1,000 feet higher and about twenty miles to the east [ Book of Bombay, 411.]. Much the same view can be had from the cone topped peak of Lingana on the western edge of the Sahyadris, about two miles east of Raigad, and the Lingana view has the advantage of including a sight of the ruins which give a special interest to the top of Raigad
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