The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.109

v1.c15.109

The river Jumna runs past Delhi with a southward course, and is there crossed by a great bridge, over which the East Indian Railway runs from Delhi through the United Provinces and Bengal to Howrah, opposite Calcutta. West of Delhi is the last spur of the Arāvalli hills, the famous Ridge of Delhi, striking north-eastward to the very bank of the river. The city lies in the angle between the Ridge and the Jumna. To the north, in the point of the angle, is the European quarter; in the centre is Shāhjahānābād, the modern native Delhi; southward of the modern city is Fīrozābād, or ancient Delhi. Between Shāhjahānābād and the river is the Fort.