W ALLS TELL STORIES By Mrs Jyothi Singh EVS Class V 2013 Courtesy; by Mr. Pydah,BBSR

S OME OF THE FAMOUS MONUMENTS OF INDIA HUMAYUN TOMB LOTUS TEMPLE RED FORT HUMANYUN TOMB AT DELHI

ताज महल Taj Mahal BULAND DARWAJA KUTUB MINARGATEWAY OF INDIA GOLDEN TEM,PLE

T AJ M AHAL IS A MARBLE MONUMENT LOCATED IN A GRA. I T WAS BUILT BY M UGHAL EMPEROR S HAH J AHAN IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE M UMTAZ.

GOLCONDA FORT

G OLCONDA ( SOMETIMES SPELLED AS G OLKONDA ) F ORT WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE ANCIENT KINGDOM OF G OLCONDA WHICH FLOURISHED IN THE 14 TH TO 16 TH CENTURY. I T IS SITUATED 11 KILOMETERS FROM H YDERABAD, THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE OF A NDHRA P RADESH. W ITH 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 I NDIA ’ S MOST MAGNIFICENT FORTRESS COMPLEXES.

T HE PALACE KITCHEN AND GODOWN SIDE

T HE FOUNTAIN

Unique Engineering

C ARVING ON THE WALLS & GATE

P LACES TO WORSHIP IN THE FORT

W EAPONS IN GOLCONDA FORT – A MARK OF STRENGTH

W ATER TANKS AND PIPES Water went up step by step filling the tanks, That would fall in the upper tank and fill. The system would continue Even the pipes had different slopes to create pressure