Photo of Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi

-- Feroz Shah Kotla or Feroz Shah's citadel is one of Delhi's medieval cities. The 13 meter high sandstone obelisk with Ashoka's edict stands a testimony to the history of this old city in ruins which has seen Hindu and Muslim rulers over years. The ruins of Ferozabad, the 5th city of Delhi, erected by Feroz Shah Tughlaq in 1354 can be found at Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi. The remains of a mosque and a well can also be seen, but most of the ruins were used for the construction of later cities. Kotla was the inner citadel of Firozabad, built like Windsor, with great palaces and a magnificent mosque inspiring Timur's envy. Timur's invasion of Delhi reduced the city to a city of ruins as he took away with him elephants loaded with treasures and costly building material, artists, masons and skilled workmen as prisoners.