Munda Gumbad, Hauz Khas, Delhi - a photo on Flickriver

            Facing Firoz Shah Tughlaq’s Tomb but across the Hauz Khas, is a low hillock crowned by a ruined building. This is the Munda Gumbad or ‘the Bald Dome’, so named because it looks as if it’s been beheaded. The building can now be approached only through the Deer Park Complex, abutting the Hauz Khas Complex boundaries. In fact, the Munda Gumbad (which belongs to the Khalji period that is the early fourteenth century, when the Hauz-e-Alai was first dug) was originally a double-storeyed pavilion. The stone bases of pillars that once formed part of the upper storey can still be seen, though the upper storey itself has completely disappeared. The Munda Gumbad is a plain, unornamented structure with each of its four sides pierced by arched doorways. A staircase leads upstairs, from where one can get a good view of the Hauz Khas Complex. The most amazing thing about this otherwise nondescript building is its historical significance – it once formed the center of the tank, which gives one a fair idea of how huge the hauz must have been originally. 
   

Taken in: India / Delhi / New Delhi / Hauz Khas Village (show map)

Taken on: May 5, 2017

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Camera: Sony DSC-W630, f/2.6, 1/500 sec, 4.5mm, ISO 80 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony DSC-W630
Aperture:	f/2.6
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	4.5mm
ISO:	80
Exposure Bias:	-0.3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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