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Purana Qila : It is the oldest fort among all forts in
Delhi and, the
oldest known structure of any type in Delhi. It was re built by the Afghan king
Sher
Shah Suri, on the same site, which was perhaps the site of Indraprastha,
believed to be the capital of the Pandavas, Sher
Shah raised the citadel of Purana-Qal'a with an extensive city-area sprawling
around it.
Most people in Delhi must have seen Purana Qila even before
they knew what that place was. From the road one can see the Fort standing on a
small rise with the lake in front. Whenever I see the fort, I always imagined
the scene beyond those walls. But nothing prepares you for the immensity and
the sense of palatial grandness when you go inside it. The ruins of the fort
are beautiful in its own way.
Researchers now
confirm
that uptill 1913, a village called Indrapat existed with in the fort
walls. Excavations carried out by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
at Purana Quila in 1954-55 (trial trenches)
and again 1969 to 1973 by its Director, B B Lal have
unearthed Painted Grey Ware dating 1000 B.C., and with a
continuous cultural sequence from Mauryan to Mughal through Sunga, Kushana,
Gupta, Rajput and Sultanate periods, confirming the antiquity of the fort.
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