Karnala is a protected wildlife park on the Konkan

The fort was likely constructed before 1400, under Devagiri Yadavs(1248 1318) and the Tughlaq rulers (1318 1347), Karnala was the capital of the north Konkan districts of their respective empires. It later fell under the command of the Gujarat Sultanate but in 1540 was taken over by Nizam Shah of Ahmednagar.