Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s2.t1.9
Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s2.t1.9
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³ For the office of *Kotwal*, B., 279 and other authorities. For this wall-building, we have an interesting account of *Jahan Panah*, the surrounding wall of Delhi begun by Muhammad Tughluq. It was 11 cubits in thickness and a man on horseback could ride on it all round the city. Regular chambers were constructed inside it for night-watches and other guards. There were other similar chambers for stores of provisions of corn and other military weapons like mangonals and heavy apparatus used in defending cities against besiegers. It has 28 gates and many bastions at close intervals. Compare K.R., II, 16. Compare the evidence of Timur that this city wall from Siri to old Fort was made of stone. (*Vide* M., 290, Z.N., 476.)