Ramji Narayan
In southern Delhi, on the Badarpur–Mehrauli Road, to the north of Asola greens and Dr Karni Singh Shooting range, rise the ruins of the Tughlaqabad fort. The site still affords a glimpse of a pre-gunpowder era medieval fort and the city it enclosed, since it is still modestly well preserved.
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S. Gopalakrishnan: What is the historical significance of Tughlaqabad?
K.K. Muhammed: When we compare Tughlaqabad with Delhi's Red Fort or Agra Fort, and others except one or two like Daulatabad or Ranthambore or Chittor Fort, it comes under the mightiest forts in India. Before Tughlaqabad, Delhi…
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S. Gopalakrishnan: Would you give an overarching perspective on rediscovering Indian architecture through your ‘knowledge system approach’?
Nalini Thakur: So, I have a strategy called 'rediscovery' of Indian historical architecture. The fact is that our architecture is totally unknown except for…
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Begde, P.V. 1982. Forts and Palaces of India. New Delhi: Sagar Publications.
Brown, Percy. 1942. Indian Architecture (Islamic Period). Bombay: D.B. Taraporewala Sons & Co.
Burton-Page, J. 1960. ‘A Study of Fortification in the Indian Subcontinent from the Thirteenth to the Eighteenth…
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Begde, P.V. 1982. Forts and Palaces of India. New Delhi: Sagar Publications.
Brown, Percy. 1942. Indian Architecture (Islamic Period). Bombay: D B Taraporewala Sons & Co.
Burton-Page, J. 1960. ‘A Study of Fortification in the Indian Subcontinent from the Thirteenth to the Eighteenth…
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Ayan Ghosh
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The module is an introduction to the history and architecture of Tughlaqabad Fort. The fort stretches across nearly seven kilometres on the Qutab–Badarpur road, covering a vast expanse of rocky terrain. Initially built by Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughlaq, the founder of the Tughlaq dynasty, the structure…
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Kanika Singh of Delhi Heritage Walks gives a guided tour of the architectural remains of Tughlaqabad, the first capital of the Tughlaq dynasty, built by Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq in 1321–25.
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