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Delhi

Also known as Delhi, New Delhi, Old Delhi, Shahjahanabad, Dilli, Dillī, Dehli, Indraprastha

Function

Authority & administration

Tradition

Standard reference and civic histories; INTACH and ASI records; municipal and state gazetteers.

Confidence

Established / referenced

Location

28.614, 77.209

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• Site withinHazrat Nizāmuddīn Dargah, Delhi

  Hazrat Nizāmuddīn Dargah, Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinQutb complex, Delhi

  Qutb complex, Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinRed Fort, Delhi

  Red Fort, Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinJantar Mantar, Delhi

  Jantar Mantar, Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinLotus Temple, Delhi

  Lotus Temple, Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinSt James Church, Delhi

  St James Church, Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinSacred Heart Cathedral, Delhi

  Sacred Heart Cathedral, Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinSwaminarayan, New Delhi

  Swaminarayan, New Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinYogmaya, Delhi

  Yogmaya, Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinShri Aadya Katyayani Shakti Peeth / Chhatarpur Temple

  Adhya Mahishasuramardini, Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinKalkaji, Delhi

  Kalkaji, Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinJhandewalan Hanuman, Delhi

  Jhandewalan Hanuman, Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinRakab Ganj Sahib, New Delhi

  Rakab Ganj Sahib, New Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinBangla Sahib, New Delhi

  Bangla Sahib, New Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinSisganj Sahib, Old Delhi

  Sisganj Sahib, Old Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinChirag Dilli Dargah, New Delhi

  Chirag Dilli Dargah, New Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinSarmad Shaheed Dargah, Old Delhi

  Sarmad Shaheed Dargah, Old Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinMatka Pir Dargah, New Delhi

  Matka Pir Dargah, New Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinHazrat Shah Turkman, Old Delhi

  Hazrat Shah Turkman, Old Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinQadam Sharif, Old Delhi

  Qadam Sharif, Old Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinMadrasa-i Rahimiyya, Delhi

  Madrasa-i Rahimiyya, Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinGandhi Smriti, New Delhi

  Gandhi Smriti, New Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinRajghat, New Delhi

  Rajghat, New Delhi sits inside Delhi and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.

• Site withinFīroz Shāh Kotla & the Topra pillar

  Fīroz Shāh Kotla & the Topra pillar lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 4 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Fīroz Shāh Kotla & the Topra pillar is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinQutb Sāhib, Mehrauli

  Qutb Sāhib, Mehrauli lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 11 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Qutb Sāhib, Mehrauli is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinTughlaqabad

  Tughlaqabad lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 12 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Tughlaqabad is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinHumayun's Tomb

  Humayun's Tomb lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 5 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Humayun's Tomb is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinNew Delhi, Lutyens' plan

  New Delhi, Lutyens' plan lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 0 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. New Delhi, Lutyens' plan is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinSīrī & Jahānpanāh

  Sīrī & Jahānpanāh lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 7 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Sīrī & Jahānpanāh is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinHauz Khās

  Hauz Khās lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 7 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Hauz Khās is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinLodi Gardens tombs

  Lodi Gardens tombs lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 3 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Lodi Gardens tombs is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinIndraprastha / Purana Qila

  Indraprastha / Purana Qila lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 3 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Indraprastha / Purana Qila is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinLal Kot

  Lal Kot lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 11 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Lal Kot is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinQila Rai Pithora

  Qila Rai Pithora lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 11 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Qila Rai Pithora is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinQuwwat-ul-Islam Mosque

  Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 10 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinAlai Darwaza

  Alai Darwaza lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 10 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Alai Darwaza is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinSalimgarh Fort

  Salimgarh Fort lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 6 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Salimgarh Fort is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinSafdarjung Tomb

  Safdarjung Tomb lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 3 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Safdarjung Tomb is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinIndia Gate

  India Gate lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 2 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. India Gate is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinRashtrapati Bhavan

  Rashtrapati Bhavan lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 1 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Rashtrapati Bhavan is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinParliament House / Sansad Bhavan

  Parliament House / Sansad Bhavan lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 0 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Parliament House / Sansad Bhavan is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinConnaught Place

  Connaught Place lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 2 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Connaught Place is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinKashmere Gate

  Kashmere Gate lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 6 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Kashmere Gate is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinFlagstaff Tower, Delhi Ridge

  Flagstaff Tower, Delhi Ridge lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 7 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Flagstaff Tower, Delhi Ridge is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinChausath Khamba, Nizamuddin

  Chausath Khamba, Nizamuddin lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 4 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Chausath Khamba, Nizamuddin is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinDelhi (Dāgar) gharana

  Delhi (Dāgar) gharana lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 0 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Delhi (Dāgar) gharana is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinConstitution Hall (Parliament House)

  Constitution Hall (Parliament House) lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 0 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Constitution Hall (Parliament House) is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinGurugrām (Gurgaon)

  Gurugrām (Gurgaon) lies within Delhi — the two sites sit about 25 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Gurugrām (Gurgaon) is one of the specific sites that give Delhi its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.

• Site withinSt. Stephen's College, Delhi

  St. Stephen's College sits on the University of Delhi's North Campus along the Cambridge Mission's original 1881 site in the walled city, moved to its present campus near Civil Lines in 1941. The college is one of Delhi's defining institutions — the Cambridge Mission's foothold in the capital, the training ground for a hundred and forty years of Delhi's English-speaking public culture, and the anchor around which the North Campus itself was planned when the University of Delhi was established in 1922.

• Site withinJamia Millia Islamia, Delhi

  Jamia Millia Islamia moved from Aligarh to Delhi in 1925 and settled at the Jamia Nagar campus near Okhla, where the present central university occupies about 80 hectares. The university sits inside the political and cultural geography of Delhi's Muslim community — Nizamuddin, Hazrat Nizamuddin dargah, the Chishti silsila's Delhi stations and the Khilafat movement's Delhi anchors — and gave Delhi an independent nationalist-Muslim institutional alternative to the colonial state's own universities.

• Ruled fromAlauddin Khilji

  Alauddin Khilji built the Siri Fort as his new capital at Delhi in 1303, moving from Mehrauli to the newer site where his court could be defended against the Mongol threat — Siri is said to take its name from the Mongol prisoners' heads buried in the walls. He also added the Alai Darwaza (1311) to the Quwwat-ul-Islam complex, the first substantial surviving Islamic entrance arch in India.

• Based atMir Taqi Mir

  Mir Taqi Mir was raised at Delhi from his childhood and spent most of his working life there before moving to Lucknow — his father Muhammad Ali was a Delhi Sufi, and Mir's early patronage came from Mughal court nobles. Nadir Shah's sack of Delhi in 1739 and the Afghan invasions through the 1750s dominate his autobiography and give his verse its characteristic register of loss and the city's end.

• Based atMirza Ghalib

  Mirza Ghalib moved to Delhi at thirteen from Agra and spent the rest of his life there — his Ballimaran haveli stood in the walled city within sight of the Red Fort, and he received a court pension from the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar from 1854 as his poetic teacher. The 1857 revolt and the British sack of Delhi that followed are described in his Dastanbuy and his correspondence with a plainness that makes them one of the most intimate contemporary records of the Mughal court's end.

• Site withinTeen Murti Bhavan, New Delhi

  Teen Murti Bhavan sits in central New Delhi within the Lutyens plan's inner diplomatic quarter, originally built in 1930 as the British commander-in-chief's residence and converted after Nehru's 1964 death into the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. The site is the subcontinent's largest twentieth-century political archive and defines Delhi's cultural institutional geography.

• Site withinNational Museum, New Delhi

  The National Museum sits on Janpath in central New Delhi within the Lutyens plan's institutional core, opened in 1960 as the subcontinent's national-level art and archaeology collection. The museum defines Delhi's cultural institutional geography and its 2023 reorganisation into the Yuga Yugeen Bharat Museum project at the Secretariat blocks will reshape central Delhi's cultural landscape.

• Site withinIltutmish's Tomb, Delhi

  Iltutmish's Tomb sits within Delhi, specifically within the Qutb complex in Mehrauli, South Delhi. The 1235-36 red sandstone tomb of Delhi Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish (ruled 1211-1236) is the first monumental Islamic royal tomb built in India, with elaborate kufic calligraphic bands on three interior walls. The tomb's position within the Qutb complex alongside the Qutb Minar, the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque and the Alai Darwaza makes it part of the central Delhi Sultanate archaeological ensemble.

• Site withinJama Masjid, Delhi

  The Jama Masjid sits within Delhi, specifically within Shah Jahan's 1648-56 Shahjahanabad walled city. The 1650-56 Masjid-i-Jahan-Numa, built by Shah Jahan at a cost of ₹1 million as the chief Mughal congregational mosque, is India's largest mosque with a capacity of 25,000 worshippers. The mosque's position atop the Bho Jhala mound within Shahjahanabad and its proximity to the Red Fort make it part of the central Mughal Delhi heritage ensemble.

• CampaignBareilly

  The Rohilla Afghan state at Bareilly (1748-1774) was the main Afghan political power in the North Indian doab after the 1737 Nadir Shah invasion and the 1761 Third Battle of Panipat. The Rohillas under Hafiz Rahmat Khan held territory from Delhi's outskirts to the Himalayan foothills until the 1774 First Rohilla War (allied Nawabi Awadh and British EIC against the Rohillas) ended Rohilla independence at the Battle of Miranpur Katra. The 1857 Rohilkhand uprising at Bareilly under Khan Bahadur Khan was a major theatre of the 1857 revolt.

• Site withinQudsia Bagh, Delhi

  The 1748 Qudsia Bagh sits within Delhi, specifically at Civil Lines in Old Delhi near the Yamuna. Built by Qudsia Begum as a 60-acre pleasure garden with a mosque and barahdari, the complex is a rare surviving late-Mughal garden commissioned by a woman regent-patron within the Shahjahanabad walled city periphery.

• Site withinAgrasen ki Baoli, Delhi

  The 14-century Agrasen ki Baoli sits within central New Delhi at Hailey Lane, 500 metres from Connaught Place. The 60-metre-long, 108-step stepwell is one of Delhi's chief medieval water-architecture monuments, part of the Tughlaq-period baoli network across the Delhi urban grid.

• Site withinMughlai cuisine

  The Mughlai cuisine tradition is centred on Delhi (the Mughal imperial capital) and extends across the subcontinent through the 1739 Nader Shah dispersion of Mughal court cooks. The 1913 Karim's restaurant at Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi (run by descendants of Akbar's royal chefs) preserves the Delhi Mughlai tradition; the Jama Masjid-area restaurants and the Nizamuddin Dargah biryani stalls extend the Mughlai urban culinary geography across Old Delhi.

• Traditional linkMelkote / Thirunārāyanapuram

  The historically-remembered journey of Melkote's utsava-mūrti to Delhi and back. In 1310-11 the Delhi sultan Alauddin Khilji sent his general Malik Kāfūr on two Deccan campaigns which sacked the Hoysala and Yadava capitals and carried their temple treasuries — including the processional bronze image of Cheluvanārāyana from Melkote — back to Delhi. The Śrīvaishnava tradition, written down in Rāmānuja's hagiographies, says the Lord's devotees travelled to the Delhi sultan's household to recover the icon and found that the sultan's young daughter had taken it as her playmate and refused to be parted. The devotees sang to the icon; it rose and followed them south on foot; the princess, inconsolable, followed too. She reached Melkote and died there (or merged into the image), and is enshrined inside the Cheluvanārāyana temple compound as the Lord's third consort under the names Bibi Nancharamma or Thulukka Nāchiyār (literally 'the Turkic lady'), where she still receives chapati-rotis and non-brahmanical offerings every day. The story is the memory, in devotional form, of the real medieval shock of the 1310-11 raids and the subsequent diplomatic recovery of the Deccan temple icons.

Sources

• Wikipedia — Delhi