GLIMPSES OF ASIA 



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Photograph by Raja Deen Dayal and Sons 



THE) PRINCIPAL LANDMARK OF HYDERABAD, DECCAN, INDIA 



The present ruler of India's largest native state has inaugurated an era of building 

 which is doing much to beautify his capital on the Musi. But no building i s more highly 

 regarded by the Moslem inhabitants of Hyderabad than the Char Minar, with its four towering 

 minarets. It was constructed in 1591 by Mohammed Kuli, the founder of the city. 



