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Photo: Photo by Moheen Reeyad via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)Believed to stand on Indraprastha, the legendary capital of the Pandavas. Humayun died here in 1556 after falling down its stairs.
A sprawling walled fort built in the 16th century, believed to occupy the site of Indraprastha, the legendary capital of the Pandavas from the Mahabharata. It was fortified in stages by Mughal emperor Humayun and later Sher Shah Suri, whose Sher Mandal library building still stands within the complex. Humayun died here in 1556 after falling down its stairs. The fort's massive Bara Darwaza and Humayun Darwaza gates remain among Delhi's most impressive Mughal-era fortifications.
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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.
Gandhi lived here for his last 144 days, from 9 September 1947. On 30 January 1948 he was assassinated on these grounds, and a line of footsteps cast in concrete traces his last walk to the prayer meeting.