ANCIENT DELHI
Ancient Delhi, known by various names through its history such as Indraprastha, has a rich and complex history that spans several millennia. Ancient Delhi was a thriving urban center with a rich history, significant cultural contributions, and strategic importance in the Indian subcontinent. Its historical and archaeological legacy provides invaluable insights into the early development of urbanism and state formation in northern India. Spanning the legendary space as Indraprastha, its growth through the Maurya, Gupta, Gurjar-Pratihara, Tomara and Chahmana periods is an unbroken chain. Along with its proto-history, explore the early cities of Lal Kot and Qila Rai Pithora on this page.
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Chandiwala, Brajkishore. (1965). Dilli ki Khoj. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; New Delhi.
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Dwivedi, H. (1973). Dilli Ke Tomar. Vidya Mandir Prakashan.
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Frykenberg, R. E. (Ed.). (1988). Delhi Through the Ages: Essays in Urban History, Culture and Society. Delhi: Oxford University Press.
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Gill, J., Sethi, N. (2023). In Search of Delhi: A Translation of Brij Kishan Chandiwala's Dilli Ki Khoj. Routledge India.
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Kaul, H. K. (1998). Historic Delhi: An Anthology. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
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Mishra, S. C., & Agnihotri, M. (2010-2011). The Dilli-Killi Legend of Prthviraja Raso and the Nomenclature of Ancient Delhi. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 7, 179-191.
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Mittal, S. (2017). Indraprastha in Literature. The Indian Review of World Literature in English, 13(1).
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Sharma, D. (1956). New Light on the Tomars of Delhi. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 19.
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Singh, U., Theuns-de Boer, G., & Gerda. (2008). Photography, archaeology and afternoon tea.
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Singh, Upinder. (2012). A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India from the Stone Age to the 12th Century. Delhi: Pearson Longman
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Singh, Upinder. (2016). Ancient Delhi. Oxford University Press.
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Thapar, Romila. (2018). Indian Cultures as Heritage. New Delhi: Aleph Book Company.
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The Kern Institute of Collection of Photography, Leiden, The Netherlands. (Year). A Vision of Splendour: Indian Heritage in the Photographs of Jean Philippe Vogel, 1901-1913.
The Wonder that was India
A.L. Basham
A History of Ancient and Early Medival India: From Stone Age to the 14th Century
Upinder Singh
Delhi: Pages from a Forgotten History
Arthur Dudney
Catalogue of the Delhi Museum of Archaeology
ASI
AN EARLY ATTESTATION OF THE TOPONYM DHILL
RICHARD J. COHEN
Photography, archaeology and afternoon tea- Book Review: Theuns-de Boer, Gerda. 2008. A Vision of Splendour: Indian Heritage in the Photographs of Jean Philippe Vogel, 1901-1913
Upinder Singh
Indian Cultures as Heritage
Romila Thapar
Ancient Delhi
Upinder Singh
Delhi Through the Ages: Essays in Urban History, Culture and Society
R E Frykenberg Ed.
New Light on the Tomaras of Delhi
Dashratha Sharma
Dilli Ke Tomar (Hindi)
Hariharniwas Dwivedi
Dilli Ki Khoj- Hindi
Brajkishan Chandiwala
Historic Delhi: An Anthology
H.K. Kaul
Archeology and Monumental Remains of Delhi
Carr Stephen
THE 'DILLI-KILLI' LEGEND OF PRTHVIRAJA RASO AND THE NOMENCLATURE OF (ANCIENT) DELHI
S.C. Mishra
Manisha Agnihotri
Indraprastha in Literature
Sangeeta Mittal
