Excerpt: Elsewhere, the magnificent Golconda Tombs have been whitewashed and restored by the Aga Khan Foundation, wonderfully ebullient and foppish monuments dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, with domes swelling out of all proportion to the base, each like a watermelon attempting to balance on a fig. Above the domes rises the craggy citadel of Golconda, where were stored the ceaseless stream of Golconda diamonds that ensured Hyderabad’s rulers would never be poor. Inside the walls, you pass a succession of harems and bathing pools, pavilions and pleasure gardens.
Source: Pomp and circumstances in the forgotten Indian city of Hyderabad | Executive Living | The Australian
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