One day after school I took a tuc-tuc to the Seven Tombs of the Qutb Shahi rulers, early kings of Hyderabad. A man at the ticket office offered himself as a guide. Obviously he had done this work for many years, because he was very informative, and knew the exact spots in which to stand to take pictures. He said his name was Hyder, but who knows. There are actually 17 tombs, bit the other ten are the tombs of wives and favorite dancers.
This tomb actually contains nothing. The real tomb, as is the custom in India,
lies six feet below, so that no one is actually able to defile the real tomb.
These are tombs of two of the king's favorite dancers.
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| Hyder, the guide |
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