Golconda Travel Guide


Golkonda (or Golconda), is a ruined city of south-central India. Located west of Hyderabad, capital of ancient Hyderabad state, it was later one of the five Muslim kingdoms of the Deccan known as Deccan sultanates until its capture by the Mughal Aurangzeb's forces in 1687. Aurangzeb besieged the fort for nine long months. Had it not been for the treachery of an official who opened a side gate, Golconda would never have been vanquished. Its stones breathe eternal defiance.

Three granite walls of megalithic construction surround the Golconda Fort, with the outermost wall having a circumference of about 7 km.

Quli was following in the spirit of his ancestors, the Qutub Shahi kings, a great family of builders who had ruled the kingdom of Golconda from 1512. Quli was the fourth Qutub Shahi king. Their first capital, the fortress citadel of Golconda, was rebuilt for defense from invading Mugals from the north. They laid out Golconda's splendid monuments, now in ruins, and designed a perfect acoustical system by which a handclap sounded at the fort's main gates, the grand portico, was heard at the top of the citadel, situated on a 300-foot-high granite hill. This is one of the fascinating features of the fort.




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