| Tughlaqabad Fort | |
|---|---|
| Part of Delhi | |
| Delhi, India | |
 Panoramic view of the massive bastions of Tughluqabad Fort | |
| Type | Ruined Fort |
| Site information | |
| Condition | Ruins |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1321 |
| Built by | Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq |
| Materials | Granite Stones and lime mortar |
Tughluqabad Fort is a ruined fort in Delhi, India. Ghiyasuddin Tughluq, the founder of the Tughlaq dynasty and ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, constructed it in 1321 when he established the third historic city of Delhi. However, it was later abandoned in 1327.
The fort lends its name to the nearby Tughluqabad residential-commercial area as well as the Tughluqabad Institutional Area. Ghiyasuddin Tughluq also built the Qutub-Badarpur Road, which connected the new city to the Grand Trunk Road. The road is now known as Mehrauli-Badarpur Road.[1]
Its environs are an important biodiversity area within the Northern Aravalli leopard wildlife corridor stretching from Sariska Tiger Reserve to Delhi. Historical places around the sanctuary are Badkhal Lake, 6 km (3.7 mi) northeast, the tenth century ancient Surajkund reservoir and Anangpur Dam, Damdama Lake, Tughlaqabad Fort and Adilabad ruins (both in Delhi).[2] It is contiguous to the seasonal waterfalls in Pali-Dhuaj-Kot villages of Faridabad,[3] the sacred Mangar Bani and the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary. There are several dozen lakes formed in the abandoned open pit mines in the forested hilly area of Delhi Ridge.
- ^ Y. D. Sharma (1974). "33. Badarpur". Delhi and its Neighbourhood. Director General, Archaeological Survey of India. p. 105.
- ^ Asola Bhatti Wild Life Sanctuary Archived 16 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Department of Forest, Delhi Government
- ^ "पाली गांव की पहाड़ियों पर बनेगा डैम, रोका जाएगा झरनों का पानी". Navbharat Times. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2020.