Bara Darwaza
The great gate.
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One of Delhi's oldest forts, its name meaning «Old Fort», built by the Mughal emperor Humayun and Sultan Sher Shah Suri in the sixteenth century as the inner citadel of Dinpanah, the city Humayun founded in 1538. Its massive stone walls run for about two kilometres and are entered through towering gates, the best known being the Bara Darwaza; inside are the elegant Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque with its carved stonework and the octagonal Sher Mandal tower, from whose stairs Humayun is said to have fallen. Excavations here revealed settlement going back to around 1000 BC, shown in a small site museum; there's a boating lake by the walls, and some evenings a sound-and-light show. Foreign visitors pay about ₹300, and it opens daily from sunrise to sunset, per visitor guides. It's beside Delhi Zoo, a short distance from Humayun's Tomb.
The great gate.
A carved mosque.
Octagonal tower.
Mathura Road, near the zoo, Delhi
The Mughal emperor Humayun and Sultan Sher Shah Suri in the sixteenth century; foreign visitors pay about ₹300, per visitor guides.
