Hotel Delhi Heights : Purana Quila Tour

Purana Quila- Ii the year 1538, Emperor Humayun, son of first Mughal, Babur, Laid the foundation of a city named Dinpanah. The inner citadel of this city is today known as Purana Quila. The ruins of this fort are located on a small hill which once stood on the bank of the river Yamuna. Legend is that the fort marked the site of Indraprasth, the magnificent capital of the Mahabharata heroes, the Pandavas. The present construction was carried out by Sher shah Suri in the sixteenth century. Recent excavations at Old Fort have yielded painted Grey Ware Pottery, which is dated to c.1000 BC. Inside the fort is Qila Kuhna Masjid, built by Sher Shah in 1541. It is certainly one of the hill is the lake where Delhi Tourism has arrangements for boating. Besides the fort, there is National Zoological Park officially known as Delhi Zooand National Science Museum in that area.