Tughluqabad - A Paradigm for Indo-Islamic Urban Planning and Its Architectural Components (Hardcover)

Tughluqabad is the third city of Delhi, India founded by Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq in 1321. The city was built in just three years and was abandoned by 1327. The site on top of a large granite outcrop was strategically chosen by Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq for its formidable view while he was still serving as a general under his predecessor Allah al-Din Khilji. Tughluqabad still consists of remarkable, massive stone fortifications that surround the irregular ground plan of the city. The sloping rubble-filled city walls, a typical feature of monuments of the Tughluq dynasty, are in-between 10 and 15 m high, topped by battlemented parapets and strengthened by circular bastions of up to two stories height. The city is supposed to once have had as many as 52 gates of which only 13 remain today. The fortified city contained seven rainwater tanks.