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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: 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 other, in the grounds of Feroz Shah Kotla, is known as the Delhi-Topra Pillar. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Feroz Shah Tughlaq , who ruled from Delhi as Sultan during the medieval period between 1351 and 1388, was a keen historian, architect, game hunter, and with deep sense of commitment to build public utilities related to irrigation works and ...
The city had three palaces and a citadel known as Feroz Shah Kotla. The king's, as well as his wife's quarters, were situated along the riverfront. The structures within the enclosure walls of the fort were barracks, armories, servant's rooms, halls for audience, an imposing mosque as well as public and private baths and a stepped well or baoli.
Gandhak Ki Baoli, built by Sultan Iltutmish in the early 13th century. [1] It is one of the three baolis in Mehrauli.. The Baolis of Mehrauli are four stepwells approached through single stage or three stage steps, located in Mehrauli in Delhi, India, in the Mehrauli Archaeological Park mainlined by the Archaeological Survey of India.
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,
Feroz Shah Kotla, by Feroz Shah Tughluq (r. 1351–88 CE) of Tughluq dynasty; Salimgarh Fort, in 1546 CE by Salim Shah Suri (r. 1545–54 CE), son of Sher Shah Suri; Red fort, built in 1639–48 CE by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan when he moved his capital from Agra to Delhi; Rashtrapati Bhavan, built in 1912–29 by colonial British raj; History ...
Delhi-Topra Ashokan pillar at Feroz Shah Kotla as it stands today. The inscriptions of Ashoka at Feroz Shah Kotla (I to VII edicts). Situated in Pong valley of is the original home of Delhi-Topra pillar (originally located at ), one of many pillars of Ashoka, that was moved from Topra to Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi in 1356 CE by Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309-1388