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Capital of the Qutb Shahis from 1518 until Hyderabad was founded in 1591. Besieged by Aurangzeb for eight months in 1687; he could not take it by force and entered, by most accounts, when an official left a gate open at night. The Mughals did not raze it.
Local tradition: a shepherd boy found an idol on the hill and the Kakatiya king built a mud fort around the spot, naming it Golla Konda - shepherd's hill.
A granite hill-citadel enclosing a medieval Islamic settlement - concentric rings of masonry climbing the outcrop, one fort inside another. UNESCO describes over seven kilometres of fortification enclosing military structures, mortuary baths, silos, mosques, gardens, residential quarters, pavilions and royal courts. Tour material gives 11 km of walls, 15 large towers, 51 small towers and 446 openings.