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Purana Qila

The Old Fort of Humayun and Sher Shah, with a fine mosque and the tower where Humayun fell to his death.

Photo: Airknight at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0
Open
Every day, sunrise to sunset
Price
Ticketed, with a higher fee for foreign visitors
Time Needed
1–2 hours
Address
Purana Qila, Mathura Road, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, Delhi 110001Directions
Getting There
Metro to Supreme Court on the Blue Line, then a short walk.

Why Go

Humayun and his rival Sher Shah Suri built these thick walls in the 1530s and 1540s. Inside are the Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque and the Sher Mandal, whose stairs killed Humayun in 1556.

Excavations here have reached back well over 2,000 years.

Nearby

National Crafts Museum8 min walkNational War Memorial19 min walkSunder Nursery23 min walkIndia Gate24 min walk · Must-See

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