Jinji, also spelled Gingi or Gingee, an…

Jinji, also spelled Gingi or Gingee, an almost inaccessible fortress constructed by the Hindu rulers of the Vijayanagar Empire and located about eighty miles (one hundred and thirty kilometers) southwest of present-day Madras in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, had been captured in 1638 from the Maratha chief Shahji by the Muslims of Bijapur.

 Shahji's son, the famous Shivaji, had recaptured the fort in 1677.

Besieged by the Mughals from 1690, the fortress's chief claim to fame is that it will immobilize an army for eight years.