A medieval Islamic settlement that offered every living comfort to its dwellers. Not just comfort, but the most advanced defence technology, acoustics, and waterworks that surprise engineers even now. Being an important diamond trading centre of the East, it catered to all kinds of travellers too. - Golconda Fort - Part 1, Hyderabad, India - ImageWrighter
Influenced by Persian and Turkish baths, the ghusl-khana is expansive with one large shrouding platform decorated with black basalt, and many cisterns. These cisterns supplied the baths with hot and cold water both. - The Qutb Shahi Tombs Complex Part - 2, Hyderabad, India - ImageWrighter
The tomb complex is in two distinct parts - one which has the tombs of the first five sultans and the other which has the royal mosque, a stepwell, bath, tombs of the 6th Sultan, Begums, royal physicians and the unfinished tomb built for the last royal of the dynasty. - The Qutb Shahi Tombs Complex Part-1, Hyderabad, India - ImageWrighter
The 18th-century tombs are renowned for their canopies, floral designs, and trellis marble fences. Lattice panels and polished stucco work adorn the walls. - Paigah Tombs, Hyderabad, India - ImageWrighter