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प्रश्न
Do you now get some idea about how the tanks could have been filled by lifting water from the wells?
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उत्तर
Yes, bullocks could have been used to move the garland of pots to lift water up to the tank.
संबंधित प्रश्न
How would the fountains have worked?
Look carefully at the map of Golconda. On the map, arrows show all four directions.

- If you are peeping inside from Bodli Darwaza, in which direction from you is Katora Hauz?
- If someone is entering from Banjara Darwaza, in which direction from her is Katora Hauz?
- In which direction will you walk from Bala Hisar to reach Moti Mahal?
- How many gates can you see on the outer walls of the fort?
- Count how many palaces are there in the fort?
- What arrangements for water can you see inside the fort? For example, wells, tanks, step-wells.
What kind of destruction was caused because of this?
Find out from your elders about some of the things made from bronze that were, or are still used in your house. From its colour try to identify which one of them is made from copper, which is from brass, and which is from bronze.
The picture shown here is made after seeing a very old painting of those times. Can you think why bullocks have been used here?

Have you ever been to some museum or heard about it? What all things are there in a museum?
Were there any special kind of designs on the old building? Draw them in your notebook.
Who used to live there in the olden days?
In which direction would the ‘toothed wheel’ move?

On the map, 1 cm distance is equal to a distance of 110 metres on the ground. Now tell
How far is Makai Darwaza from Fateh Darwaza?

