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Golconda

🇮🇳 India

Golconda in India
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Country
🇮🇳 India
Type
Fortress
Fame
World-famous · #65 worldwide
Coordinates
17.38334°, 78.40417°
Open data
Wikidata Q4141623

Golconda is a fortified citadel and ruined city located on the western outskirts of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The fort was originally built by Kakatiya ruler Pratāparudra in the 11th century out of mud walls. It was ceded to the Bahmani Kings (Before it fragmented into 5 other kingdoms known as the "Deccan Sultanates") from Musunuri Nayakas during the reign of Bahmani Sultan Mohammed Shah I, during the first Bahmani-Vijayanagar War. Following the death of Sultan Mahmood Shah, the Sultanate disintegrated and Sultan Quli, who had been appointed as the Governor of Hyderabad by the Bahmani Kings, fortified the city and made it the capital of the Golconda Sultanate. Because of the vicinity of diamond mines, especially Kollur Mine, Golconda flourished as a trade centre of large diamonds known as Golconda Diamonds. The complex was put by UNESCO on its "tentative list" to become a World Heritage Site in 2014, with other forts in the region, under the name Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate (despite there being a number of different sultanates).

Text adapted from “Golconda” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Golconda ranks #65 of 2,435 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #6 of the 80 mapped in India. See how India compares in the castle statistics.

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