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Golconda Fort

File / Documentation
Name

248459_sv.jpg

Size

1.19 MB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

9fff19a56e426fe24b10ecc47e2df8fc

Creator(s)
unknown (Indian (South Asian))
Time period
Creation date: original mud fort, 1143, other date: Bahmani rulers take possession, 1364, alteration date: expanded by Qutb Shahi kings , 1507-1569, other date: conquered by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb , 1687
Location
Site: Golconda (Andhra Pradesh, India)
Cultural context
Indian (South Asian)
Hindu
Islamic
Description
general view, street view, with small structure decorated with paintings and sculptures of Hindu mythological figures, 1966
Work type
Fort
Medium
mud
granite
Keywords
Type
Image
Rights
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, photograph by G. E. Kidder Smith
Access rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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