About Firoz Shah Kotla :

The Feroz Shah Kotla (Hindi: फ़िरोज़ शाह कोटला, Punjabi: ਫ਼ਿਰੋਜ਼ ਸ਼ਾਹ ਕੋਟਲਾ, Urdu: فروز شاہ کوٹلا) or Kotla (Hindi: कोटला, Punjabi: ਕੋਟਲਾ, Urdu: کوٹلا) was a fortress built by Sultan Feroz Shah Tughlaq to house his version of Delhi city called Ferozabad. A pristine polished sandstone pillar from the 3rd century B.C. rises from the palace's crumbling remains, one of many pillars left by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka; it was moved from Pong GhatiAmbala, Punjab (currently in Haryana) and re-erected in its current location in 1356.

  History of Firoz Shah Kotla

Firozabad (the fifth city of Delhi) was built by Firoz Shah in 1354. Its ruins can be found at Firoz Shah Kotla, off Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg. Visit on a Thursday afternoon when crowds come to pray, light candles and leave bowls of milk to appease Delhi’s djinns (invisible spirits or genies) that are reputed to inhabit the kotla. In the fortress/palace is a 13m-high sandstone Ashoka Pillar inscribed with Ashoka’s edicts (and a later inscription).

 Practical info about Firoz Shah Kotla

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