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Kerala PSC Indian History Book Study Materials Page 1224
Book's First PageFeroz Shah Tughlaq established Ferozabad well and distantly established. According to him the population of the city at that time was around 1,50,000. As compared to the earlier sites of substantial settlement in Delhi which had been further south only - Lal Kot/Qila Rai Pithora (now the area around the Qutub Minar), Siri a little to its north-east, and Tughlaqabad in the hills to the south-east, Ferozabad was much further north than these three early settlements. It was also the first of the capitals to be built on the bank of the river Yamuna. Feroz Shah Kotla was the grand and opulent royal citadel of the city. Visitors, invaders like Timur and contemporary chroniclers have given glowing descriptions of its buildings. Unfortunately most of its priceless stones and gilded and painted features have become extinct today. Later on, materials for the construction of cities like Din Panah and Shergarh in the south and Shahjahanabad in the north were plundered from here. The walls of the citadel are as high as 15 metres high and have a slight slope on the outside. The top parapets have now disappeared but the arrow slits can still be seen. Historians have listed many structures in the fortress. One of them, "The Palace of the Wooden Gallery/Overhang" was for the officers of the emperor, and the "Central Quadrangle" or the "Palace of the Public Court", was where the emperor held court for the general public. It is a three-storey building which was specially commissioned by Feroz Shah to support the Ashoka pillar. This pillar was set up at Topra, near Ambala, by Emperor Ashoka. The pillar had several edicts regarding Ashoka"s Dhamma inscribed on it. This monolith pillar is 13 metres high, with a diameter of 65 centimetres at the top and 97 centimetres at the bottom. Feroz Shah brought it to Delhi and reinstalled in the fort. The building, now in ruins, originally had a railing and eight domed chhatris (pillared kiosks) at the top, and a stone lion at each corner. Lodhis The Lodhis further developed the tradition of combining many of the new devices brought by the Turks with indigenous forms. Both the arch and the beam are used in their buildings. Balconies, kiosks and caves of the Rajasthani-Gujarati style are used. Another device used by the Lodhis was placing their buildings, especially tombs, on a high platform, thus giving the building a feeling of size as well as a better skyline. Some of the tombs are placed in the midst of gardens.