Sholhapur

Sholhapur, now commonly called Solapur, lies on the Deccan plateau in Maharashtra. Inscriptions found at its fort preserve older names for the town, including Sonalpur and Sandalpur. The fort became a point of rivalry between the neighbouring sultanates of Bijapur and Ahmadnagar.

The rulers of Bijapur and Ahmadnagar met at the fort to make peace in the 1520s. The fort continued to figure in their disputes and later passed through other Deccan powers.