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The road to Daulatabad is clearly marked. Upon arrival,
you see that the fort walls
are lower, but the upper
part of the fort has a dominant command of
the high ground.
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Some
of the outer walls,
as if the higher position they
maintain was not deterrent
enough, have been outfit
with an array of canons.
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The solid construction between
the layers of walls, suggests
how strong a position this
man made fort was.
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One
of the many passages
through the fort. You can
see the spade shaped archways,
reminiscent of Moghul and
Muslim construction methods.
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I
can think of no mortar that
would hold these rocks up,
and presume some recon-
struction efforts are still
ongoing.
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The
base for the forts' large
cannon. It was possible for
the defenders, on this flat
top circular base, to swivel
the canon in 360 degrees,
aiming wherever and at
whomever they wanted.
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Along
another walkway up
the path and into the fort.
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The
Chand Minar (1294),
a minaret of Turkish style, is an outstanding example of
Islamic art.
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White
people do not come
here too often, and the
locals that had cameras
very much wanted to get
lots of photographs with
us in them!
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A
woman carries a huge
amount of hay up the stairs.
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One
of the natural crevices in
in the fort. Well built and defendable bridges crossed
this natural moat, and the
steep cliff walls provided
further security.
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On
the road back to
Aurangabad, a few angry
people started to gather in
the streets...
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It
then turned nearly into
a large riot over what we do
not know. However, we knew
enough not to stick our shiny
white heads out of the car,
and we got out of there
and quick ...
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