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Delhi, one of India's fastest growing cities, has spread far beyond the "seven cities" created between the 13th and the 17th centuries. It has sprawled over the west bank of the Yamuna and now straddles the river. Remnants of the past survive cheek -by-jowl with skyscrapers, residential colonies and bustling commercial complexes. Delhi has some of the finest museums in the country. Its boutiques and shopping arcades offer access to a wealth of traditional and contemporary crafts from all over the country. It has speciality restaurants to please the gourmet, open parks and gardens ablaze with flowers, and in the winter months particularly, a variety of cultural events. Its many-layered existence is tantalizing and can entice the curious traveller into a fascinating journey of discovery.
Thehistory of this centre of power dates to the first millennium BC. In 1955excavations within the Purana Qila revealed that the area was inhabited morethan 3000 years ago. This was Indraprastha, a site associated with the epicMahabharata.A clearer picture emerges at the end of the 10th century. The TomarRajputs built Lal Kot, the core of the first of Delhi's seven cities. Later,another Rajput king, Prithviraj Chauhan — hero of ballads and legends —extended it to create the Qila Rai Pitbora. In 1206, Qutb ud din Aibak, aslave of Mohammad of Ghor crowned himself the Sultan of Delhi and occupied theRajput fort. He commemorated his victory by building the Quwwat ul Islammosque. It is the earliest extant mosque in India and within its courtyard stands the 4th-century standard of Lord Vishnu, the famous, uncorroded Iron Pillar. Nearby, he raised the towering minaret, the QutbMinar, one of Delhi's landmarks. Other architectural gems within this complex include the tomb of Illtutmish and the Alai Darwaza.
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