Atleast 450 to 500 cannonballs were found in the Pavangad Fort in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra. The Pavangad Fort was built in the 17th century by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
On Thursday, when a group, ‘Team Pavangad’ (fort lovers) was digging pits to install signboards, a group stumbled across a few cannon balls. Thereafter, it was systematically dug and the cannon balls were secured. After the discovery, experts from the archaeology department immediately rushed to the spot and began its panchanama.
The Directorate of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Maharashtra, and experts in the field would be examining the cannon balls. The cannonballs have been unearthed, most of them weighing seven kgs. This is considered to be one of Maharashtra's biggest discoveries of its kind to date.