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DAULATABAD
(c.1300's on) |
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*MAP*
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Section10, top margin C, left
margin b,
just northwest of Aurangabad |
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The hilltop fortress of Daulatabad
(formerly
Devgiri) looms so large above the plain-- how could any artist resist? |
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A few early photos of the citadel,
which
for the Delhi Sultanate became the key to
the
Deccan; the Sultanate investment in Daulatabad also gave a decisive
impetus to the early literary
development of Urdu
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The Jama Masjid, at the foot of
the hill |
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Another Delhi Sultanate victory
tower: the
remarkable Chand Minar (c.1294) |
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The fortress itself is suitably
formidable |
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Some modern photos of the area |
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