WALLS TELL STORIES

By Mrs Jyothi Singh

EVS Class V 2013

Courtesy; by Mr. Pydah,BBSR

SOME OF THE FAMOUS MONUMENTS OF INDIA

HUMAYUN TOMB

LOTUS TEMPLE

RED FORT

HUMANYUN TOMB AT DELHI

ता�ज महलTaj Mahal

BULAND DARWAJA

KUTUB MINAR GATEWAY OF INDIA

GOLDEN TEM,PLE

TAJ MAHAL IS A MARBLE MONUMENT LOCATED IN AGRA. IT WAS BUILT BY MUGHAL EMPEROR SHAH JAHAN IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE MUMTAZ. 

GOLCONDA FORT

HE CAPITAL OF THE ANCIENT KINGDOM OF GOLCONDA---------THE MEETING PLACE

GOLCONDA (SOMETIMES SPELLED AS GOLKONDA) FORT WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE ANCIENT KINGDOM OF GOLCONDA WHICH FLOURISHED IN THE 14TH TO 16TH CENTURY. IT IS SITUATED 11 KILOMETERS FROM HYDERABAD, THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH. WITH WALLS RANGING FROM 17 TO 34 FEET BROKEN BY 87 SEMI-CIRCULAR BASTIONS, SOME REACHING 60 FEET IN HEIGHT, AND BUILT ON A GRANITE HILL THAT IS 400 FEET HIGH, IT REMAINS ONE OF INDIA’S MOST MAGNIFICENT FORTRESS COMPLEXES.

THE PALACE KITCHEN AND GODOWN SIDE

THE FOUNTAIN

Unique Engineering

CARVING ON THE WALLS & GATE

PLACES TO WORSHIP IN THE FORT

WEAPONS IN GOLCONDA FORT – A MARK OF STRENGTH

WATER TANKS AND PIPES

Water went up step by step filling the tanks, That would fall in the upper tank and fill. The system would continueEven the pipes had different slopes to create pressure