News: The Government of India has submitted nomination dossier for the inclusion of Monuments and forts of the Deccan Sultanate in World Heritage List for the year 2020.
Facts:
Deccan sultanate:
- The Deccan sultanates were five late-medieval Indian kingdoms. They ruled on the Deccan Plateau between the Krishna River and the Vindhya Range.
- The kingdoms were Ahmadnagar, Berar, Bidar, Bijapur, and Golconda.[
- Their architecture was a regional variant of Indo-Islamic architecture,
Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate
| Monument/Forts | Location | Date | Description |
| Bahmani Monuments | Gulbarga, Karnataka | 14th Century | Comprise of the Gulbarga Fort and Great Mosque in the Fort and the Haft Gumbad complex with seven tombs |
| Bahmani and Barid Shahi Monuments | Bidar, Karnataka | 15th-early 16th century | Comprise of the Bidar Fort, the Madrasa Mahmud Gawan, the Bahamani tombs at Ashtur and the Barid Shahi tombs. |
| Adil Shahi Monuments | Bijapur, Karnataka | 15th to the late 17th centuries | Ensemble of 80 small and big monuments including the fortifications, gates, water systems and tanks, several mosques and tombs and palatial structuresMost remarkable: Gol Gumbaz |
| Qutb Shahi Monuments | Hyderabad, Telangana | 1543 to 1672 | Golconda Fort, Qutb Shahi Tombs and Charminar |
Source: https://whc.unesco.org/fr/listesindicatives/5887/
