- The thing that made Aurangabad different from other medieval Indian cities was its 52 ‘Gates’
- It gave an identity to Aurangabad as the ‘City of Gates’
- Aurangzeb built a wall around the city in 1682, to protect it from the incursions
- The wall had four principal entrance gates as Delhi Gate in North, Jalna gate in East, Paithan gate in South and Mecca gate in West and other were subordinate gates
- Each gate has a local history or individuals linked with it
- Out of the 52, only four main and nine subordinate gates have survived at present
- The names of some more well known gates are Rangeen Darwaza, Katkat Gate, Roshan Gate, Quil-e-Ark (Naubat Darwaza), Kaala Gate, Begum Darwaza, Bhadkal Gate, Chhota Bhadkal Gate, Khizar Gate or (Haathi Gate)