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The Feroz Shah Kotla or Kotla ("fortress", "citadel") was a fortress built circa 1354 by Feroz Shah Tughlaq to house his version of Delhi called Firozabad. [1]A pristine polished sandstone Topra Ashokan pillar from the 3rd century BC rises from the palace's crumbling remains, one of many pillars of Ashoka left by the Mauryan emperor; it was moved from Topra Kalan in Pong Ghati of Yamunanagar ...
English: Diagram of Feroz Shah Kotla Cricket Ground showing the pitch and stands. Distances from the centre of the pitch to the boundary shown in metres. Distances from the centre of the pitch to the boundary shown in metres.
The Arun Jaitley Stadium (formally Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium) is a cricket stadium owned and operated by the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) and located on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi. [2] [3] It was established in 1883 as the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, and named after the nearby Kotla fort.
The height of the pillar is 6 metres. This pillar is believed to be the lower part of the original pillar that was erected by Ashoka in Hansi. As was the tradition to demolish existing Hindu temple and architecture and use the debris to erect new monument (another example are sections at Qutub Minar ) - Feroz Shah also took a part of the ...
Kotla Ferozabad, or Feroz Shah Kotla (with the remaining walls, bastions and gateways and gardens, the old Mosque, and well and all other ruins buildings it contains. More images: N-DL-26 Lal Darwaza, the northern gate of the outer walls of the Delhi of Sher Shah Suri. Also known as Khooni Darwaza. Three furlongs due south of Delhi Gate,
Ashoka pillar, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. ... height. 3,240 pixel. width. 4,320 pixel. File history. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
English: A closed Baoli in Ferozshah Kotla, New Delhi . Feroz Shah Tughlaq established the fifth medieval city of the Delhi Sultanate as fortified city of Ferozabad in 1354 and declared it new capital of the Delhi Sultanate on the banks of Yamuna river.
The Kotla of Firoz Shah marks the location of Firozabad's citadel. Virtually nothing else remains of this ancient city because subsequent rulers dismantled its buildings and reused the spoila as building materials.