XEE4154999 Scenes of Missing Kingdoms: Ruins of Golcond. Golkonda or Golconda is a ruined town and fortress located 8 kilometres west of the capital Hyderabad of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. This powerful state was aneanti in the 17th century by the Mongols. The ruins of Golcond are today the refuge of a colony of fakirs (= faquirs). Chromolithography of the 19th century. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scenes of Missing Kingdoms: Ruins of Golcond. Golkonda or Golconda is a ruined town and fortress located 8 kilometres west of the capital Hyderabad of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. This powerful state was aneanti in the 17th century by the Mongols. The ruins of Golcond are today the refuge of a colony of fakirs (= faquirs). Chromolithography of the 19th century.); Stefano Bianchetti.