History:Andhra Pardesh was once a major Buddhist centre and part of Ashoka's empire until it broke apart. Traces of early still remain in several places, particularly Amaravathi. the Sanchi of Andhra Pardesh. Later, in the 7th century, the chalukyas held power, but they in turn fell to the Chola kingdom of the south around the 10th century. It was this dynasty that built the vast and almost impregnable stone fortress of Golconda - one of India's most impressive monuments . The near by tombs of the rulers of this Muslim dynasty rival those of the Delhi sultans and the early Mughals in size and splendor. The general's successors, the Nizams of Hyderabad, ruled the state right through to Independence.

History:Andhra Pardesh was once a major Buddhist centre and part of Ashoka's empire until it broke apart. Traces of early still remain in several places, particularly Amaravathi. the Sanchi of Andhra Pardesh. Later, in the 7th century, the chalukyas held power, but they in turn fell to the Chola kingdom of the south around the 10th century. It was this dynasty that built the vast and almost impregnable stone fortress of Golconda - one of India's most impressive monuments . The near by tombs of the rulers of this Muslim dynasty rival those of the Delhi sultans and the early Mughals in size and splendor. The general's successors, the Nizams of Hyderabad, ruled the state right through to Independence.

History:Andhra Pardesh was once a major Buddhist centre and part of Ashoka's empire until it broke apart. Traces of early still remain in several places, particularly Amaravathi. the Sanchi of Andhra Pardesh. Later, in the 7th century, the chalukyas held power, but they in turn fell to the Chola kingdom of the south around the 10th century. It was this dynasty that built the vast and almost impregnable stone fortress of Golconda - one of India's most impressive monuments . The near by tombs of the rulers of this Muslim dynasty rival those of the Delhi sultans and the early Mughals in size and splendor. The general's successors, the Nizams of Hyderabad, ruled the state right through to Independence.

History:Andhra Pardesh was once a major Buddhist centre and part of Ashoka's empire until it broke apart. Traces of early still remain in several places, particularly Amaravathi. the Sanchi of Andhra Pardesh. Later, in the 7th century, the chalukyas held power, but they in turn fell to the Chola kingdom of the south around the 10th century. It was this dynasty that built the vast and almost impregnable stone fortress of Golconda - one of India's most impressive monuments . The near by tombs of the rulers of this Muslim dynasty rival those of the Delhi sultans and the early Mughals in size and splendor. The general's successors, the Nizams of Hyderabad, ruled the state right through to Independence.

History:Andhra Pardesh was once a major Buddhist centre and part of Ashoka's empire until it broke apart. Traces of early still remain in several places, particularly Amaravathi. the Sanchi of Andhra Pardesh. Later, in the 7th century, the chalukyas held power, but they in turn fell to the Chola kingdom of the south around the 10th century. It was this dynasty that built the vast and almost impregnable stone fortress of Golconda - one of India's most impressive monuments . The near by tombs of the rulers of this Muslim dynasty rival those of the Delhi sultans and the early Mughals in size and splendor. The general's successors, the Nizams of Hyderabad, ruled the state right through to Independence.

History:Andhra Pardesh was once a major Buddhist centre and part of Ashoka's empire until it broke apart. Traces of early still remain in several places, particularly Amaravathi. the Sanchi of Andhra Pardesh. Later, in the 7th century, the chalukyas held power, but they in turn fell to the Chola kingdom of the south around the 10th century. It was this dynasty that built the vast and almost impregnable stone fortress of Golconda - one of India's most impressive monuments . The near by tombs of the rulers of this Muslim dynasty rival those of the Delhi sultans and the early Mughals in size and splendor. The general's successors, the Nizams of Hyderabad, ruled the state right through to Independence.

History:Andhra Pardesh was once a major Buddhist centre and part of Ashoka's empire until it broke apart. Traces of early still remain in several places, particularly Amaravathi. the Sanchi of Andhra Pardesh. Later, in the 7th century, the chalukyas held power, but they in turn fell to the Chola kingdom of the south around the 10th century. It was this dynasty that built the vast and almost impregnable stone fortress of Golconda - one of India's most impressive monuments . The near by tombs of the rulers of this Muslim dynasty rival those of the Delhi sultans and the early Mughals in size and splendor. The general's successors, the Nizams of Hyderabad, ruled the state right through to Independence.