QUTB SHAHI HERITAGE PARK
CONSERVATION
01. Idgah Baoli The grandest stepwell amongst all the others at the Qutb Shahi Heritage Park is the Baoli south of the Idgah. The baoli is built with hand dressed granite stones with an archway access to it on the south side. The facades on the archway are decorated with intricate lime stucco. The plinth walls are finished with vertically installed hand-chiseled granite blocks capped by hand dressed coping. On the south side of the baoli a large projecting ramp built with lime and filled with stone is supported by a decorative projecting arch below it. A series of pipes and aqueducts from
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the ramp also lead into the landscape. The structure is in a stable state of preservation, although it suffered from patterns of material decay including the misalignment of stone walls. A large portion of dressed stone wall and steps were missing in the southern section of the structure. A large quantity of dressed stones of the eastern
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wall were also found collapsed. Highly ornate details on the facade of vaulted gateway on the east side were also lost due to decay over time and plant growth.
