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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 192 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GOLCONDA , a fortress and ruined See also:

city of See also:India, in the See also:Nizam's Dominions, 5 M. W. of See also:Hyderabad city. In former times Golconda was the See also:capital of a large and powerful See also:kingdom of the See also:Deccan, ruled by the Kutb Shahi See also:dynasty which was founded in 1512 by a See also:Turkoman adventurer on the downfall of the Bahmani dynasty, but the city was subdued by See also:Aurangzeb in 1687, and annexed to the See also:Delhi See also:empire. The fortress of Golconda, situated on a rocky See also:ridge of See also:granite, is extensive, and contains many enclosures. It is strong and in See also:good repair, but is commanded by the summits of the enormous and massive mausolea of the See also:ancient See also:kings about 600 yds. distant. These buildings, which are now the See also:chief characteristics of the See also:place, See also:form a vast See also:group, situated in an arid, rocky See also:desert. They have suffered considerably from the ravages of See also:time, but more from the See also:hand of See also:man, and nothing but the See also:great solidity of their walls has preserved them from utter ruin. These tombs were erected at a great expense, some of them being said to have cost as See also:mach as £150,000. Golconda fort is now used as the Nizam's See also:treasury, and also as the See also:state See also:prison. Golconda has given its name in See also:English literature to the diamonds which were found in other parts of the dominions of the Kutb Shahi dynasty, not near Golconda itself.

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