Manikdrug

Manikdrug, or Manikgarh, is a hill fort in the wooded country west of the Wardha River. Its strong walls stand above the approaches to the Gond territories around Sirpur and Chanda. Tradition connects the fortress with the early Gond rulers of the region, while later records place it within the changing frontier between Berar and the Gond kingdom. In the eighteenth century Manikgarh and neighbouring lands passed into the dominions of the Nizam of Hyderabad through an agreement with the Maratha Bhonsle rulers.