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Golconda

Golconda Fort

Location w ithin India Andhra Pradesh
General information
Country

India

Coordinates

17.38°N 78.40°E

Completed

1600s

Golkonda, also know n as Golconda or Golla konda ("shepherd's hill"), a ruined city of Southern India and capital of ancient Golconda Sultanate (c.1518–1687), is situated
11 km w est of Hyderabad. It is also a mandal of Hyderabad District. The region is universally famous for the mines that have produced the w orld's most famous and coveted
gems, including The Hope Diamond, Idol's Eye, The Koh-i-Noor and Darya-i-Noor.
The most important builder of Golkonda w as Ibrahim Quli Qutub Shah Wali, the fourth Qutub king of the Qutub Shahi Dynasty. Ibrahim w as follow ing in the spirit of his
ancestors, the Qutub Shahi kings, a great family of builders w ho had ruled the kingdom of Golkonda from 1512. Their first capital, the fortress citadel of Golkonda, w as rebuilt
for defense from invading Mughals from the north. They laid out Golkonda's splendid monuments, now in ruins, and designed an acoustical system by w hich a hand clap
sounded at the fort's main gates, the grand portico, w as heard at the top of the citadel, situated on a 300-foot (91 m) high granite hill. This is one of the fascinating features
of the fort.
They ruled over most of present day Andhra Pradesh before the British Raj. After transferring Northern Circars to the British, they ruled the Telangana region and some parts
of present day Karnataka and Maharashtra. [1]

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