- Type
- Ruin
- Origins
- 1321 · 14th century per Wikidata: founding, first mention or construction
- Commissioned by
- Delhi Sultanate
- Coordinates
- 28.5146°, 77.2600°
History
Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, founder of the Tughluq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, began building the fortress in 1321 as the third of Delhi's historic cities. The huge circuit of walls, over 6 kilometres long, went up in just a few years and enclosed a city, a citadel and the sultan's palace. In 1325 Ghiyath al-Din was killed when a pavilion collapsed on him, and his son and successor Muhammad bin Tughluq soon moved the capital to Daulatabad in the Deccan. Tughlaqabad was quickly deserted and never regained its importance. Today the ruins are protected by the Archaeological Survey of India.
What to see
Most striking are the sloping rubble walls, over ten metres high, with round bastions and the remains of gateways. Within the citadel are ruined palace buildings, cisterns and underground passages. Opposite the fortress, on a former island in an artificial lake, stands the well-preserved tomb of Ghiyath al-Din in red sandstone with a white marble dome, linked to the fort by a causeway.
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