Golconda Fort outside Hyderabad, climbing its granite hill in the soft light of dusk. Concentric brick and stone ramparts wrap the slope up to the Bala Hisar citadel ruins at the crown, the green-grass terraces broken by grey boulders. At the base a small mosque with a gilded dome and two minarets stands to the left, and a dark arched gateway opens to the right above a sliver of reflective water. Sandhya Kaushik works the ramparts in rust and brick palette-knife strokes, the slopes in olive green, and softens the sky to pink and lavender behind the hill.

The layered ascent and warm stone give the piece a slow, historical weight. It suits a living-room wall, a study, or a gallery grouping with other architectural views.

• Original hand-painted acrylic on stretched canvas
• Palette-knife impasto
• 4:3 landscape
• Made to order at your chosen size
• Frame: stretched canvas, or floater (black/white/gold)
• Signed by Sandhya Kaushik
• Certificate of Authenticity