A city in present day Maharashtra founded in 1494 and named after its founder, Ahmad Nizam Shah I. It was one of the Deccan Sultanates, initially a part of the Bahmani sultanate, and later an independent sultanate under the Nizam Shahi dynasty.
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A network of historic trade routes, it connected Southern Europe, Persia, East Africa, Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia and…
A municipality in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, known as the site of the Airavatesvara Temple constructed by Rajaraja Chola II in…
An archaeological site located in present-day Sindh, Pakistan, and dated to c. 2500 BCE. It was one of the largest…
A city in present-day Tamil Nadu, it was formerly known as Tanjore and was the capital of the Chola Dynasty.…
Historic region of southern India spanning present-day northern Tamil Nadu and southern Andhra Pradesh, bounded by the Arni and Kotallaiyar…
An archaeological site in present-day Afghanistan that was excavated between 1952 and 1965. The excavations uncovered an architectural complex, including…
Located in the Poini river valley, it is a district in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is…
Persian for ‘footstep site’, referring to a place rendered holy by the visit of a saint or a sacred object,…