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7 Cities - Week 7

26 March 2008 - Dinpanah

Purana Qila means Old Fort. And recent archeologic evidence shows artifacts from 5000 years ago found on this site.	Workers...	We'll call this Gate 2
Gate 2 from the side	The Wall A very few brave souls from the group walked along the wall. It was very hot, and very cool!	The outside of the Fort from on top of the wall
The less brave	Rooms inside the wall	Hmmm... I think someone lives here.
Yep... I believe they do. Actually we found a dad and his very young son sleeping in this hallway. Well, dad was trying to sleep while jr. screamed his head off. Very sad!	Arches and columns	Pretty trees
The front gate	The back of the mosque believed to be built in 1541 by Sher Shah Suri.	Inside the mosque
Inside the dome	Outside	The doorway
The "Trench" This was the site of the 1955 archeological excavation. There is a museum here showing many or those artifacts	Sher Mandal This is a pleasure pavilion. (no, I don't know what that means for sure, but I can imagine). When Humayun took back the kingdom he converted it to a library and observatory. He heard the call to prayer, ran down the stairs, tripped and hit his head on the stair. He died.	A quiet moment
The Hammam This was a bath house.	Gate 3 - Humayun Darwaza From this gate you can see gigantic Humayun's tomb	View from gate 3 towards gate 2