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According to historians, a number of travellers came in and out of the fort, through the ______ route
caravan
Although not all could enter the fort immediately as it took them a lot of time and money to make their way through the gates of the ______
fortress
‘So they would create ______ settlements outside to live in,’ says Madhu.
make-shift
One story goes that during the reign of Abdullah Qutub Shah, he used to hear a woman's voice as she sang for travellers at the ______
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When the French traveller and jeweller Jean-Baptiste Tavernier reached Golconda in 1653, he found a ______ nearly two 'leagues in length' and requiring a large garrison for its defence.
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Whisper in one corner of the hall with its great bare stone walls and empty windows, and you can be heard distinctly in ______
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The Sri Jagadamba Maha temple atop Golconda is as famous as ______
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The mosque of Mustafa Khan has a unique roof in ______ style, while the Mullah Khayali mosque has beautiful Persian script engraved on its stones
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There is also a ______ temple on the way up
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Ram Das, a revenue official jailed by Abul Hasan Tana Shah, for misusing state funds, carved images of Rama, Lakshman and Hanuman on ______
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