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Built of laterite blocks, the monument has a syncretic identity, caught as it was in the crosshairs of history.
But the intriguing blend of Hindu and Islamic elements hides a fundamental identity crisis, for is this fort a fort at all?
Kurumbera Fort was first introduced to the ancients by W Herschel, a British public servant sent to Bengal, who wrote an article about the site of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in December 1867.
Unlike much of Gangetic West Bengal, West Midnapore is a part of the Chhota Nagpur Plateau, where laterite is commonly used for construction.
That is why Kurumbera is made of laterite, unlike monuments in Gangetic West Bengal, where terracotta is widely used as stone is a rarity in the region.