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* There is a steep climb (plight of steps) uphill to reach the fort’s summit which is reasonably exhausting for those who are not up to it. However you can visit buildings those are situated ...

Daulatabad fort from the summit How to reach Daulatabad Fort: Daulatabad fort is 15 km away from Aurangabad on the way to Ellora caves. You can club Daulatabad fort and Ellora caves together in a ...

present historical characters. Some people are seen as great and enlightened leaders, while others are ruthless tyrants. No one is more controversial than the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir, who ...

and from June to September (monsoon season), these are the best time to visit Ellora Caves, as the weather is really pleasant during these months. Although March, April and May are holiday season (...

Getting Around Ellora If you are going from Aurangabad, you can get various places to stop by while you drive to Ellora Caves. When you start your journey from Aurangabad after 15km you reached to ...

The Hindu Caves: The Hindu caves were constructed in the beginning of the 7th century and represent a different style of creative vision & execution skills. Some were of such complexity that th...

an increase in nitrogen and phosphorous levels that trigger the growth of algae and block out oxygen required to sustain life in the lake. Two years ago, the National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS)...

spawned that rebellion also be destroyed. An example of this was a 1669 rebellion in Banaras led by a political rival, Shivaji, who used the local temple to rally support to his cause. After captur...

Hindu and Sikh temples and refusing to allow new ones to be built. That he ordered such actions is a historical fact that cannot be disputed. Aurangzeb’s court included dozens of non-Muslim ...

involved.” He also made it a point to publicly oppose excessive veneration of the graves of Sufis, as he noted that it was developing into a cult-like practice, away from the beliefs and prac...

strong religious convictions. Al-Fatawa al-Hindiya, the book of Islamic law compiled by Aurangzeb Aurangzeb took power before his father, Shah Jahan, had passed away. Despite the respect he had for...

The Mughals took power in India during the reign of Babur in the 1500s. Over 150 years later when Aurangzeb took power, the Mughal Empire was at is pinnacle. It controlled the majority of the India...

Ellora Caves. When you start your journey from Aurangabad after 15km you reached to Daulatabad Fort, and an about 10km head to you will reach Khuldabad, a kind of calm & beautiful hill station,...

the mountain face, including living quarters, sleeping quarters, kitchens, and other rooms. The Hindu Caves: The Hindu caves were constructed in the beginning of the 7th century and represent a dif...

Survey of India has only begun work on two so far. Located near the popular Ajanta and Ellora caves, the crater has the potential to be another tourist attraction and generate massive revenue, say ...

Untreated sewage discharge seeps into parts of it through the Nabi Khadda, a 10-cubic metre pond. A burgeoning 300-house slum nearby has worsened the sewerage problem as well as percolation from a ...

But for the state's politicians and local villagers, this forest-flanked lake is a space to dump their sewage, carry out farming, bathe and construct roads. Decades of destructive human activity an...

enemy army to kill themselves along a tunnel containing numerous chambers cut out of solid rock which were used in the olden times as guard rooms and store houses. The turns and twists lead to a wi...

Chand Minar at Daulatabad Fort A large number of cannons are found at Daulatabad Fort, some in their original places like bastions on fort walls and circular towers while others were collected from...

Surroundings from the peak Daulatabad Fort History: Daulatabad was founded by the Yadavas of Deogiri (The hill of Gods) in 11th Century AD under king Bhillama 5, who led victorious campaigns agai...