A History of Agriculture in India v2.c70.s3: Dinpanah

v2.c70.s3.1

In A.D. 1533, Humayun expressed an intention to found near the capital Delhi, a large city, the Dinpanah. 'It was his desire that in this city a magnificent palace of seven storeys should be erected, surrounded by delightful gardens and orchards, of such elegance and beauty that its fame might draw people from the remotest corners of the world for its inspection. That the city should be the asylum of wise and intelligent persons. For this city he selected a rising ground adjacent to the River Jumna, about three *kos* from the city, where Humayun laid the foundation of Dinpanah. Khondamir states that in A.D. 1534 the walls, bastions, ramparts and the gates of the city of Dinpanah were completed.