Gumbad Gate, Bidar Fort, Bidar, Karnataka, India
Sultan Alla-Ud-Din Bahman of the Bahmanid Dynasty shifted his capital from Gulbarga to Bidarin 1427 and built his fort along with a number of Islamic monuments. The Bidar fort, constructed on the edge of the plateau, has a haphazard quadrangular layout plan of miles ( km) in length and miles ( km) breadth. The peripheral length of the fort walls measure 4,500 yards (4,100 m). The walls, bastions, gates and barbicans of Bidar, though in ruins, are well preserved and considered as some of the most stylish in India. It is surrounded by a triple moat. This innermost entrance gate has an imposing facade composed of a high, pointed arch. Above this is a crenellated parapet flanked by domed turrets. A large flattish dome rises behind this, an unusual feature for a fort entrance. The gravel path leading to it, flanked by battlements, traverses the inner moat.
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