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Description Malik-e-Maidan Bijapur.JPG |
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Malik-e-Maidan Bijapur India.
(The Monarch of the Plains) the largest medieval cannon in the world. Being 4 m long, 1,5 m in diameter and weighing 55 tons, this gun was brought back from Ahmadnagar in the 17th century as a trophy of war by 400 oxen, 10 elephants and tens of men. It was placed on the Sherza Burj (Lion Gate) on a platform especially built for it. The cannon's nozzle is fashioned into the shape of a lion's head with open jaws & between the carved fangs is depicted an elephant being crushed to death. It is said that after igniting the cannon, the gunner would remain underwater in a tank of water on the platform to avoid the deafening explosion. The cannon remains cool even in strong sunlight and if tapped, tinkles like a bell.
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Author | Santoshsmalagi |
Camera location | 16° 49′ 54.26″ N, 75° 42′ 32.08″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 16.831739; 75.708911 |
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