ferozabad

Narrative This pillar is currently located between the Bara Hindu Rao Hospital and Mutiny Memorial. King Asoka erected this pillar in the 27th year of his reign at the site of Meerut in the 3rd century B.C.E. However, in 1356 C.E. it was removed from its original...

Narrative The ‘minar-i-zarrin’ (golden minar) or the Asokan pillar is made of Chunar sandstone and is a monolith. It was brought from Topra, originally erected there by King Asoka in the 3rd century B.C.E bearing a Pali inscription in the Brahmi script. Timur who...

Narrative Ferozabad, founded by Feroz Shah Tughlaq, is located nine kilometres north from the southern Delhi region, stretching from Yamuna northwest to northern ridge. The city of Ferozabad was located on the banks of Yamuna, the closest to the river than any other...