Where Stones Speak: Historical Trails in Mehrauli, the First City of Delhi Book Information:

Mehrauli is the oldest of Delhi's seven cities. Once the thriving capital of the Tomar and Chauhan dynasties and the Dar ul Khilafat of the slave dynasty, today it lies forgotten. Its congested lanes and crumbling ruins are lost in a mishmash of history and modernity, the living and the dead rubbing shoulders with each other. Blending stirring Urdu couplets with haunting visuals, author Rana Safvi walks us through the oldest of Delhis, describing the religious diversity of Mehrauli's monuments: from the rocky Qila Rai Pithaura to the dargah of Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki, from Zafar Mahal, the last great monument built by the Mughals, to the holy waters of the Hauz e Shamsi; each structure a living memory of an era dissolved in history. Embellished with stories and legends of a bygone era, and soaked in the sights and sounds of Sufi dargahs, mosques, temples, churches, gurudwaras and Buddhist monasteries, Where Stones Speak effortlessly reveals a little known, bewitching Mehrauli.

• Book Type :

Asia

• Book Binding :

Paperback

• Language :

English

• Number of Pages :

184 pages

• ISBN - 10 :

9351772543

• Where Stones Speak: Historical Trails in Mehrauli, the First City of Delhi Published On :

10 Aug 2015

• Resource:

History, Asia Books for Students, Teachers, Graudates, Professionals and all others

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