Purana Qila
- Recently, in Delhi’s Purana Qila (Old Fort), new excavations by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have uncovered a continuous history spanning more than 2,500 years.
- The Mughal Emperor Humayun built the Purana Qila as a part of his new city of Dinpanah in the 16th century.
- Humayun started building the Purana Qila in 1533 CE as a part of his new fortified city named Din Panah or the “Sanctuary of Faith”.
- A local tradition believes that the area in which the Purana Qila stands today is the site of Indraprastha, the capital of the Pandavas of the great epic ....
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