The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s3.4.2

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By Delhi is meant not on'y Shajahanabad—the modern Delhi of Shah Jahan, and Toglakabad—the Delhi of Ghiasuddeen Toglak Shah, but also the old Hindu city of Delhi—the Delhi of the Tomars and the Chohans, which was called Yoginîpura according to Chând Bardâi. The old Hindu city is situated at a distance of five miles from Indraprashtha or Indrapat. It is said to have been founded by Râjâ Dilu, and it was the capital of the Tomar king Anaṅga Pâl and his descendants and also of the Chohan king Biśâla Deva and his great grandson Prithvirâja. It contains the celebrated Iron Pillar set up by Râjâ Dhava in the fourth century of the Christian era (JASB., vol. VII, p. 629) to commemorate his victory over the Bâhlikas of the Panjab, but according to Dr. Bhau Daji (Revised Inscription on the Delhi Iron Pillar at Kootub Minar), the inscription does not contain the name of Dhava at all, but it shows that the pillar was constructed by one Chandra Râjâ, at the end of the 5th or beginning of the 6th century A.D., and he further says that the translation of the inscription in JASB., vol. VII, pp. 629-31 is incorrect. The inscription has now been correctly read and translated by Mr. Vincent A. Smith. The pillar was erected by Kumara Gupta I, son of Chandra Gupta II (Vikramâditya) in 415 A.D. (JRAS., 1897, p. 8). The pillar is now situated in the quadrangle of Prithvirâja's Yajñaśâlâ, called Bhootkhânâ by the Mahomedans.