why purana qila was built?
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Purana Qila under Mughals Purana Qila was renovated by Humayun in 1533 and it took around five years to complete. The fort was built inside Din Panah which was a small city in Delhi. ... Shah Jahan wanted to shift his capital from the old fort so he constructed Lal Qila or Red Fort.
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Śhiva Purāṇa. In the Śiva Purāṇa, when Shiva was meditating on Mount Mandara, Parvati was in a playful mood and covered Shiva's eyes. This caused the whole universe to become covered in darkness. ... Brahmā granted Andhaka these wishes, but warned him that he could still be killed by Shiva.
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I think this is one of the reason of our limited knowledge about harappan civilization. Area excavated isn't very vast , majority of cities were based on bank of rivers , limiting the intact presence of material evidences .
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Although Ludhiana is the present commercial capital of Punjab, this status was enjoyed by Amritsar before Partition. During those days, Lahore, the capital of the undivided Punjab, had an aura of royalty associated with it. While Amritsar, the city of the Golden Temple was an important business centre.
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Located at the entrance to the historic KHYBER PASS , the JAMRUD FORT was constructed by the SIKH general HARI SINGH NALWA in 1836 , who was killed the next year at the same place by Afghan forces. the walls of the fort are 10 feet thick. it is considered as gateway to PESHAWAR.
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Reference no. The Qutb Minar, is a victory tower" that forms part of the Qutb complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mehrauli area of New Delhi, India. The height of Qutub Minar is 72.5 meters, making it the tallest minaret in the world built of bricks.
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The palace was built in the tradition of stone palaces of Rajasthan, using pink Jodhpur stone in combination with the local yellow stone from nearby Gizri. Mohatta could enjoy this building for only about two decades before the Partition of British India, after which he left Karachi for the new state of India.
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And the bhamani sultan of gulbarga invaded it in 13th century. And they renamed it as Bijapur from vijayapur. ... In 10th century Kalyana Chalukyas built this city and named as Vijayapura, which means the city of victory. In 1347 Bahumani sultanate started ruling this city and then by Bijapur sultanate.
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Qutab Minar is a soaring, 73 m-high tower of victory, built in 1193 by Qutab-ud-din Aibak immediately after the defeat of Delhi's last Hindu kingdom. The tower has five distinct storeys, each marked by a projecting balcony and tapers from a 15 m diameter at the base to just 2.5 m at the top.
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The Red Fort is built of red sandstone which was mined from the quarries in Rajasthan. In fact, many of the monuments built by the Mughals used red sandstone as the basic building block. Fatehpur Sikri, the city built by the Mughal emperor, Akbar, has many buildings made with this material.
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['Answer:', 'It lies on the Integral part of India.', 'This state has significant followers of Buddhism.', 'The rate of Muslim population is high compared to other states.', 'It is more historically impacted by Chinese and Arab traders.', 'This one also lies in the Integral part of India.', 'It also has majority followers of Buddhism.']
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The Red Fort Complex was built as the palace fort of Shahjahanabad – the new capital of the fifth Mughal Emperor of India, Shah Jahan. Named for its massive enclosing walls of red sandstone, it is adjacent to an older fort, the Salimgarh, built by Islam Shah Suri in 1546, with which it forms the Red Fort Complex.
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The main reason why the city was trended as Forbidden place is due to the occupation of religious constructions. The complete city was flocked with numerous monasteries and temples and by the way, this city became home to many religious heads.
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There is no particular reason why the circumambulation of the 'Kaaba' is made seven times. For the same reason that Allah requires Muslims to pray five times a day is why Muslims make seven circuits around the Kaaba. In doing so, Muslims are simply obeying the commands of Allah.
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The main reason ancient Mesopotamians built ziggurats has its roots in religious beliefs. They built them to make the temples closer to the heavens and therefore closer to the Gods. This is tied to the belief that Gods appeared on earth at the highest point in the land.
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The Lahore Fort (Punjabi and Urdu: شاہی قلعہ‎: Shahi Qila, or "Royal Fort") is a citadel in the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. ... The Lahore Fort is notable for having been almost entirely rebuilt in the 17th century, when the Mughal Empire was at the height of its splendour and opulence.
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Most of the area occupied by present-day Shimla city was dense forest during the 18th century. The only civilisation was the Jakhoo temple and a few scattered houses. The area was called 'Shimla', named after a Hindu goddess, Shyamala Devi, an incarnation of Kali.