- Golconda fort is situated in India.
- It is currently in Hyderabad, Telangana.
- It is one of the best fortresses in India.
- It was originally built in the Kakatiya Empire.
- It dates back to the 11th century.
- Precisely, it was built in the year 1143.
- It was built by the then Kakatiya ruler Prataparudra.
- Interestingly, it is built entirely of mud walls.
- It is called ‘Mankal’.
- It fell in 1687 after the onslaught of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.
