Daulatabad, Khuldabad, and Aurangabad, Maharashtra , India

The fortress of Daulatabad is surrounded by 5 km of sturdy walls. The central bastion tops a 200m high hill, originally known as Devagiri, the Hill of the Gods. It was named Daulatabad, the City of Fortune, in the 14th century by Mohammed Tughlaq, who conceived the crazy plan of not only building himself a new capital here, but marching the entire population of Delhi 1100 km south to populate it. His unhappy subjects proceeded to drop dead like flies on this forced march, and 17 years later he turned around and marched them all back to Delhi. Khuldabad ("Heavenly Abode"), a walled town near Aurangabad, is the Karbala (holy shrine) of Deccan Muslims. Many historical figures are buried here including Aurangzeb, the last major Mughal emperor. His final resting place is a simple affair of bare earth in a courtyard of the Alamgir Dargah at the center of town.   [-- Adapted from the Lonely Planet, India, 1999]

Aurangabad, named after Aurangzeb, is home to Bibi-ka-Maqbara, or "the poor man's Taj". It was commissioned by Aurangzeb in imitation of the Taj Mahal for his favorite wife.

Khuldabad and Aurangabad
Steps to Alamgir Dargah	Aurangzeb's tomb		Bibi-ka-Maqbara, Aurangabad
Daulatabad
Passage			Central bastion
Fortress walls			View from the top
Drawbridge			Minaret