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Question
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.
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Solution
- Katora Hauz is in the northwest direction if someone is peeping from Bodli Darwaza.
- If someone is entering Banjara Darwaza, Katora Hauz lies to their south.
- One needs to walk towards the east from Bala Hisar to reach Moti Mahal.
- Eight gates can be seen on the outer walls of the fort.
- There are five palaces in the fort.
- We can see tanks (Hauz) and stepwells (Baoli) as arrangements for water inside the fort.
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