Tughlaqabad
Tughlaqabad
- Address
- Price
- Indian/foreigner Rs5/100, video Rs25
- Hours
- 8.30am-5.30pm
Lonely Planet review for Tughlaqabad
Crumbling Tughlaqabad was the third city of Delhi. This mammoth fort, with 6.5km of walls and 13 gateways, was built by Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq. Its construction was said to have sparked a quarrel with the saint Nizam-ud-din: when the Tughlaq ruler refused the workers whom Nizam-ud-din wanted for work on his shrine, the saint cursed the king, warning that his city would be inhabited only by shepherds. Later, this was indeed the case.
