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Tughlaqabad Fort, the third city of Delhi
Tughlaqabad Fort
The third city of Delhi
Tughlakabad is the most uncompromisingly militaristic ruin in Delhi, perhaps in all India. Ring after ring of rough – hewn stone walls thunder their way across the open plain on the deserted south – eastern edge of the city.
City of Djinns, William Dalrymple

Panoramic views of the bastions of Tughlaqabad Fort, delhi
The citadel of Tughlaqabad stretches over 6.5 km in circumference, the enormous structure complete with battlements and bastions dominate a stretch of the Mehrauli – Badarpur Road.
Mausoleum of Ghiyas ud – Din Tughluq, A Fortified Tomb, Delhi
Mausoleum of Ghiyas ud – Din Tughluq
A Fortified Tomb, Delhi
Like a miniature expression of the whole, the tomb is defended on all sides by its own set of machicolated walls, built to keep the Angles of Death at bay; they represent perhaps the most elaborate set of defenses ever raised to protect a corpse.
William Dalrymple, City of Djinns
The massive fortified Tomb of Ghiyas ud – Din Tughluq lies in the shadows of the massive Tughlaqabad Fort, also a creation of Ghiyas ud – Din Tughluq. Like an umbilical cord, a causeway once linked the mother fort with the miniature fort like tomb of the emperor.