Devadurga

Devadurga lies in the dry country of the Raichur doab, south of the Krishna River. A fort at the town marks its place among the strongholds of this contested part of the Deccan. Farther west the Krishna surrounds the rocky island of Jaladurga, another fortified site whose name means a fort on water. The lands between the Krishna and Tungabhadra were fought over by Vijayanagara and the Bahmani sultans, and later by the rulers of Bijapur.