Built in the 1660s by Prince Azam Shah in memory of his mother Dilras Banu Begum, wife of Aurangzeb, Bibi Ka Maqbara closely resembles the Taj Mahal and is often called the Taj of the Deccan. It stands in a formal garden with fountains and water channels.

Rising on a conical hill, Daulatabad, the ancient Devagiri of the Yadavas, is one of the most formidable forts in India. In the 14th century Muhammad bin Tughluq moved his capital here from Delhi. Its defences include a moat, a dark winding passage and the tall Chand Minar.

Ellora's 34 caves, carved between the 6th and 10th centuries, bring together Buddhist, Hindu and Jain monuments side by side. The Kailasa temple, cut from a single rock from the top down, is the largest monolithic structure of its kind in the world. Ellora is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Close to the Ellora Caves, Grishneshwar is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Shiva. The present red stone temple was rebuilt in the 18th century by Ahilyabai Holkar, and its walls are carved with scenes from the epics.

Cut into a horseshoe-shaped cliff above the Waghora river, the thirty Ajanta Caves were made between the 2nd century BCE and the 6th century CE. Their murals and sculptures of the Buddha's lives are among the greatest surviving works of ancient Indian art, and the caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.