Maliabad Fort
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Massive fortified complex in the Karnataka region of central India near Raichur, with cyclopean polygonal walls that stretch approximately 5 km / 3.5 miles. The walls show bent corners, multi-sided polygonal blocks (including a 12-sided stone similar to the one in Cusco), nubs identical to those at Sacsayhuamán, and granite stonework directly compared by Hugh Newman to Egypt's Valley Temple, Puma Punku in Bolivia, and the megalithic Andean tradition. Includes a Shiva Temple with two life-size white granite elephants and a Shiva Lingam. Conventional dating: 13th century CE. Independent reading: the polygonal cyclopean phase is much older, with the medieval fort built atop a much earlier megalithic substrate.
Look Closer — this site carries open questions: polygonal, interlocking masonry; stones heavier than the period's tools could lift; geometry beyond period explanation.
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Who Built the Polygonal & Cyclopean Walls of Maliabad Fort in India? | MegalithomaniaHugh Newman / Megalithomania
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