Bijapur - Walls

City Walls on the west side of Bijapur	City Walls on the west side of Bijapur	Sharza Burj, the gun tower of the Malik-i-Maidan, Bijapur	Sharza Burj - Lion Tower, Bijapur
The massive Malik-i-Maidan, Lord of the Field, cast in 1549	The Sultan of Bijapur captured the Malik-i-Maidan in 1632	4 meters long and with a diameter of 1.5m, the cannon weighs 55 tons	Lion-mouth of the Malik-i-Maidan
Arabic inscription on the Malik-i-Maidan	Detail of Malik-i-Maidan	Note the elephant being eaten by the lion, symbolic of Islam's victory over Hinduism	Crumbling city walls of Bijapur from the Sharza Burj
Sharza Burj - Lion Tower, Bijapur	Bijapur City Walls	Shahpur Darwaza, the northwestern gate of Bijapur	Upli Buruj, a 16th Century watchtower, Bijapur
The Upli Buruj is 24m high	A spiral staircase circles around the outside of the tower	The tower can be climbed for a good view	Steep stairs up the Upli Buruj
Arabic inscription on a stone panel on the tower	A pair of long cannon rest on top of the Upli Buruj	Kids love climbing on top of cannons	Long cannon on the Upli Buruj, Bijapur
Long cannon on the Upli Buruj, Bijapur	Detail of the muzzle	Kids climbing on the second cannon	View of Bijapur from the top of the Upli Buruj
View of Bijapur from the top of the Upli Buruj	The dome of the Gol Gumbaz on the far side of Bijapur	Triple domes of the Idgah just south of the Upli Buruj, Bijapur