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61: 31: 145:, magazines, stables etc, inside.The architectural grandeur of the magnificent monumental edifice is unmatched in beauty, which it has preserved brilliantly despite being more than four centuries old.Built on a granite hill (120 metre in height), the entire massive fort is the best possible example of architectural planning and its magnificence. 73: 113:. The city was home to one of the most powerful Muslim sultanates in the region and was the center of a flourishing diamond trade.Golkonda was once renowned for the diamonds found on the southeast and cut in the city.At that time, had the only known diamond mines in the world.Some known diamonds of Golkonda are 66:
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168: 93:గోల్కొండ , is a ruined city of south-central India and capital of ancient Kingdom of Golkonda (c. 1364–1512).Situated west of 98: 173: 47: 102: 94: 42: 17: 110: 90: 122: 162: 129:
with a 10 km long outer wall with 87 semi circular bastions; some still mounted with
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Portal:Hyderabad
Portal:Hyderabad
historical

Golconda Fort
Telugu
Hyderabad
Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali
Qutb king
Qutb Shahi
Hyderabad
The Koh-i-noor
The Hope Diamond
The Regent Diamond
forts
cannons
drawbridges
temples
mosques
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Categories
Inactive project pages
Hyderabad portal

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