Tag: pre-Islamic Delhi
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What Delhi Was Before the Mughals: The Ancient Hindu, Buddhist, and Vedic Civilizations That Built This City
Delhi’s deepest history is not Mughal. It is Vedic, Buddhist, and Rajput — stretching from the Pandavas of the Mahabharata to the Gupta Empire’s Iron Pillar to Ashoka’s rock edicts still legible in a South Delhi park. Millions visit this city every year and see 500 years of it. The city has 3,000. This is…