The most important builder of Golkonda was Ibrahim Quli Qutub Shah Wali, the fourth Qutub king of the Qutub Shahi
Dynasty. Ibrahim was following in the spirit of his ancestors, the
Qutub Shahi kings, a great family of builders who had ruled the kingdom
of Golkonda from 1512. Their first capital, the fortress citadel of
Golkonda, was rebuilt for defense from invading Mughals from the north. They laid out Golkonda's splendid monuments, now in ruins, and designed a perfect acoustical
system by which a hand clap sounded at the fort's main gates, the grand
portico, was heard at the top of the citadel, situated on a 300-foot
(91 m)-high granite hill. This is one of the fascinating features of the
fort.
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