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Jul 24, 2023 24 tweets 10 min read
After the completion of #CharMinar, a piazza of 4 sublime arches called #CharKamaan were built by Sultan Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah V. Machli Kamaan (Fish Arch) on the North, Char Minar Kamaan on the South, Naqqar Khaana (Gate of palace where drums are beaten) on the East &

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Daulat Khana-e-Ali (Gate of Royal Residence) on the West. 4 highways led to different parts of the city through every arch & exactly in the center of these arches used to exist an octagonal reservoir called ‘Char Su Hauz’ which was visible from all the four directions.

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Mar 7, 2023 20 tweets 7 min read
Of all the Olympic deities, none occupy a more distinguished position than the ‘Muses’ also known as the ‘Mousai’. They were the 9 beautiful daughters of Titan Zeus & Titaness Mnemosyne. In Greek mythology, Zeus in the form of a mortal shepherd seduced Mnemosyne in the

1/* Pieria region near Mount Olympus where they slept together for 9 consecutive nights & as a result Mnemosyne gave birth to 9 daughters who according to some sources were born in this order: Calliope, Clio, Melpomene, Euterpe, Erato, Terpsichore, Urania, Thalia & Polyhymnia.

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