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The architecture of Delhi dates back more than a thousand years. As the capital of several empires of India, including the Rajput kingdom , Delhi Sultanate , Mughal Empire , and British Raj , the city of Delhi has been a centre for art and architecture.
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 ...
Lutyens' Delhi is an area in New Delhi, India, named after the British architect Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944), who was entrusted with the vast majority of the architectural design and buildings of the city that subsequently emerged as New Delhi during the period of the British Raj. Lutyens' Delhi progressively developed over the period from 1912 ...
New Delhi skyline. Gateway Tower in Gurugram. GAIL Jubilee Tower, in Noida. Cyber Green Hub Building in Gurugram. This list enumerates high-rise buildings and skyscrapers in the city of Delhi, the capital and the largest metropolis of India, along with its adjoining NCR areas. Currently there are more than 5,200 high-rise buildings in the Delhi NCR area with thousands more under construction ...
The Qutb Minar, also spelled Qutub Minar and Qutab Minar, is a minaret and victory tower comprising the Qutb complex, which lies at the site of Delhi's oldest fortified city, Lal Kot, founded by the Tomar Rajputs. [3] It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mehrauli area of South Delhi, India.
The labour included mainly the Bagaris of Rajputana, a number of them were known as Sangtarash- descendants of the people who built great Indian monuments like the Red Fort, Old Fort, Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri etc. [14] There were also Bandhanis of Punjab who were tougher and bigger to carry larger loads, in total there were 30,000 workers at the height of construction- they worked under a ...
The Secretariat Building or Central Secretariat houses the most important offices and ministries of the Government of India.Situated at Raisina Hill, New Delhi, the Secretariat buildings are two blocks of symmetrical buildings (North Block and South Block) on opposite sides of the great axis of Kartavya Path, and flanking the Rashtrapati Bhavan (President's House).
Lal Kot or Qila Rai Pithora (lit. "Rai Pithora's Fort") is a fortified complex in present-day Delhi, which includes the Qutb Minar complex.It was constructed in the reign of Rajput Tomar ruler Anangpal Tomar between c. 1052 - c.1060 CE.