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Delhi history

  • This mosque in Delhi’s Qutub complex set the template for India’s distinctive Islamic architecture

    This mosque in Delhi’s Qutub complex set the template for India’s distinctive Islamic architecture

    Giles Tillotson
    · May 09, 2019 · 06:30 pm
  • How old is Lahore? The clues lie in a blend of historical fact and expedient legend

    How old is Lahore? The clues lie in a blend of historical fact and expedient legend

    Haroon Khalid
    · Dec 15, 2018 · 10:30 am
  • Sayyid Ahmad Khan’s 19th-century books on the pre-1857 monuments of Delhi are now in English

    Sayyid Ahmad Khan’s 19th-century books on the pre-1857 monuments of Delhi are now in English

    Sayyid Ahmad Khan Rana Safvi
    · Aug 31, 2018 · 08:30 am
  • Inside the Delhi Golf Club is a wealth of monuments that is anything but par for the course

    Inside the Delhi Golf Club is a wealth of monuments that is anything but par for the course

    Rana Safvi
    · Jun 14, 2018 · 08:30 am
  • Sunder Nursery gives Delhi a beautifully restored green space – and a template for heritage

    Sunder Nursery gives Delhi a beautifully restored green space – and a template for heritage

    Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
    · Mar 01, 2018 · 02:30 pm
  • Bad Muslim, good Muslim: Out with Aurangzeb, in with Dara Shikoh

    Bad Muslim, good Muslim: Out with Aurangzeb, in with Dara Shikoh

    Ipsita Chakravarty
    · Feb 11, 2017 · 08:00 am
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