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Delhi
Tomar fort, Sultanate capital, Mughal Shahjahanabad and a colonial New Delhi laid out beside them — the ruins here are not scattered, they are layered.
Yamuna
1052
Lal Kot
The Tomar Rajputs wall the ridge.
1192
Sultanate
The Qutb rises on temple columns.
1648
Shahjahanabad
Shah Jahan moves the Mughal court.
1931
New Delhi
Lutyens' capital is inaugurated.