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The
great
gol
gumbuz,
say
one
repeats
several
times
a
great
technology
of
that
time
people.
Gol
Gumbaz
at
Vijayapura is
the mausoleum of
king Muhammad
Adil
Shah, Adil
Shah
Dynasty.
Construction
of
the
tomb,
located
in Vijayapura , Karnataka, India,
was
started
in
1626
and
completed
in
1656.
The
name
is
based
on
Gola
gummata derived
from Gol
Gombadh meaning
"circular
dome".
It
follows
the
style
of Indo-Islamic
architecture.
Even
a
slight
whisper
by
someone
standing
in
its
gallery
can
be
heard
everywhere
else
in
the
gallery,
and
if
somebody
claps,
the
sound
of
it
echoes
several
times.The
structure
is
composed
of
a
cube,
47.5
m
(156
ft)
on
each
side,
capped
by
a roof 44
m
(144
ft)
in
external
diameter.
Eight
intersecting
arches
created
by
two
rotated
squares
that
create
interlocking pendentives support
the
dome.
At
each
of
the
four
corners
of
the
cube,
is
a
dome-capped
octagonal
tower
seven
stories
high
with
a
staircase
inside.
The
upper
floor
of
each
tower
opens
on
to
a
round
gallery
which
surrounds
the
dome.
The
dome
is
one
of
the
largest
domes
constructed
before
the
modern
era.
Inside
the
mausoleum,
hall
is
a
polygonal
podium,
with
steps
on
each
side.
In
the
middle
of
the
podium,
a cenotaph slab
on
the
ground
marks
the
actual
grave
below,
"the
only
instance
of
this
practice"
in
the
architecture
of
the Deccan
sultanates.
In
the
middle
of
the
north
side,
"a
large
semi-octagonal
bay"
protrudes
out.
With
an
area
of
1,700
m2
(18,000
sq
ft),
the
mausoleum
has
one
of
the
biggest
single
chamber
spaces
in
the
world.
Running
around
the
inside
of
the
dome
is
the whispering
gallery where
even
the
softest
sound
can
be
heard
on
the
other
side
of
the
mausoleum
due
to
the
acoustics
of
the
space.
There
is
a
museum
within
the
complex.
The
museum
was
established
during
British
rule
in
1892.
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