Delhi - City of cities

As in my last blog, I have discussed about the glorious history of this city "DELHI" now let's go deeper into the topic. Delhi is called 'City of Cities'. It is famously said that Delhi was the site for an aggregate of seven cities between 3000 BC and the seventeenth century BC, although taking smaller towns and fortifications into account, there were as many as 15 settlements. All the prior areas of Delhi fall inside a region normally called the 'Delhi Triangle', bounded on the south and west by the Arvalli range, known as the Delhi Ridge, and to the east by river Yamuna.

     It is an arguable topic that the cities of Delhi were in reality less or more than seven. However, the acknowledged number is seven ( barring New Delhi). Historians speak of the 'Seven Cities of Delhi', but between 1100 AD and 1947, there have actually been eight of them:

     1. Quila Rai Pithora

     2. Mehrauli

     3. Siri

     4. Sahanpanah

     5. Tughlakabad

     6. Firozabad or Firoz Shah Kotla

     7. Shergarh or Purana Quila

     8. Shahjahanabad

  Each of these cities grew around the palace- fortress of a particular dynasty and each kingdom wished to have a new headquarters for sake of eminence or prestige. Indeed, even the rulers of the same dynasty had this desire, and acknowledged it in the event that they had the way to do as such. With each progressive rule, some outstanding, unique and distinctive architectural features was added or some change in urban morphology happened. Often some important new buildings would rise, something monumental- whether a mosque or tomb, a royal residence, a fortress or victory tower.

    The story of Delhi as the capital of India started with the Muslim conquest of Northern India toward the finish of twelfth century. Since then, with few intermissions, it has been seat of each focal political specialist.