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  2. Purana Qila - Wikipedia

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    Qila Kuhna Masjid inside Purana Qila The single-domed Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque , built by Sher Shah in 1541 is an excellent example of a pre-Mughal design and an early example of the extensive use of the pointed arch in the region as seen in its five doorways with the 'true' horseshoe-shaped arches.

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  4. Gates of Delhi - Wikipedia

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    Three main gates on the north, south and west are part of the fortifications of the Purana Qila, the sixth city of Delhi, built by Sher Shah Suri (1538–45). Sher Shah Suri raised his citadel after demolishing Dinpanah, the city built by Humayun. The fortifications of the Qila extended to a boundary of (2 km (1.2 mi)) on an irregularly oblong ...

  5. Sher Mandal - Wikipedia

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    Sher Mandal. Sher Mandal (Sher Shah's Pavilion) is a 16th-century historic Library within the Purana Qila fort located in Delhi, India.Designed in a blend of Indo-islamic, Timurid and Persian architecture, it is the only surviving palace structure within the fort and has become a tourist attraction.

  6. Khairul Manazil - Wikipedia

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    The Khairul Manazil or Khair-ul-Manazil (lit. ' the most auspicious of houses ') is a historical mosque and madrasa built in 1561 in New Delhi, India.The mosque is located opposite Purana Qila on Mathura Road, southeast of Sher Shah Gate.

  7. Purana Quila - Wikipedia

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  8. Khooni Darwaza - Wikipedia

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    During the riots of 1947, more bloodshed occurred near the gate when several refugees going to the camp established in Purana Qila were killed here. [1] Khooni Darwaza is today a protected monument under the aegis of the Archaeological Survey of India. It gained more notoriety in November 2002 when a medical student was raped there by three ...

  9. Indraprastha - Wikipedia

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    Indraprastha is referenced in the Mahabharata, an ancient Sanskrit text penned by the author Vyasa. It was one of the five places sought for the sake of peace, and, to avert a disastrous war, Krishna proposed that if Hastinapura consented to give the Pandavas only five villages, namely, Indraprastha, Svarnaprastha (), Panduprastha (), Vyaghraprastha (), and Tilaprastha (), [3] then they would ...