Hyderabad: Purani Haveli Palace

IMAGE-INDIA: Monuments of Hyderabad

The city of Hyderabad is a relatively young city by Indian standards being only about five centuries old. Capital of the Golconda kingdom, it enjoyed a spate of monumental building activity during the reign of the Qutab Shahis. 

Amongst the most impressive of it's surviving monuments are the Qutab Shahi tombs - many of which were once decorated in polychrome colored tiles - though only some of the original tile work survives today. (For other examples of polychrome tile decoration in India, see Nakoddar)

Best known for the Charminar, the city has many other fine monuments including whimsical mosques, several palaces and the tombs of the Paigah Nobles with intricately carved stucco ornaments. 

Featured on this site are several images of the Paigah tombs and a glimpse of Hyderabad's  natural beauty.

Back to India through the Ages 

 Also see the introduction to Image India or see the Index of Images  or Index of Monuments of the Islamic Courts in India  

Other sites on the Art and Architecture of Andhra Pradesh: LEGACY INDIA and  INDIA REVEALED;

Also see: Museums and Art Galleries of Hyderabad

Other Indian/Andhra Art and Architecture Sites:

Developments in Indian Art and Architecture

History of Indian Art and Culture

Buddhist Archealogical Sites

Indian Sculpture and Temple Ornamentation 

Forts, Palaces and Toranas

Images of monuments from other courtly centres in India:

Jaunpur, Meirut,  Allahabad, Ahmedabad, Nakoddar

_{(Also see Sher Shah Suri's Chunar Monuments)}

Deccan Courts:

Bijapur  

^{Photographs:  Shishir Thadani}

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