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Photo: Photo by Slyronit via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)More than 100 monuments from over a thousand years of building lie scattered across 200 acres, from Sultanate ruins to late Mughal tombs.
An archaeological park spread across roughly 200 acres in Mehrauli, containing the ruins of several dynasties spanning over a thousand years, from the early Delhi Sultanate to the late Mughal period. Structures include the tomb of Balban, the Jamali Kamali mosque and tomb, and remnants of Rajon ki Baoli step-well. Unlike single-monument sites, the park offers a rare walk through layered centuries of Delhi's urban history in one green space. Entry is free and the park is especially popular at sunset.
| Mon-Sun | 6 AM - 6 PM |
108 stone steps lead down to what was once a deep water tank, between walls built to pull your eye toward the water.
Feroz Shah Tughlaq had an Ashokan pillar moved here, and it still stands among the ruins of his fortress.
It was a widow's gift. Empress Bega Begum built it in 1565 for the husband she lost, the first garden-tomb in India and the blueprint for the Taj Mahal.