Fort/Archaeological Site
Feroz Shah Kotla
Also known as Firoz Shah Kotla, Kotla Firoz Shah
The remains of Firoz Shah Tughlaq's fourteenth-century city include a palace-fort, mosque and ancient Ashokan pillar.
About Feroz Shah Kotla
Feroz Shah Kotla is the ruined citadel of Firozabad, the city Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlaq founded on the bank of the Yamuna in 1354. Among its broken walls stand a mosque, a circular baoli and a three-storey pyramidal building crowned by a tall, polished stone pillar.
The pillar is one of the Emperor Ashoka's, inscribed in the third century BCE; Firoz Shah had it brought here from Topra, near Ambala, and raised on his palace as a trophy. On Thursday afternoons people gather in the ruins to leave letters, candles and incense for the djinns believed to live there.
Feroz Shah Kotla At A Glance
- Location
- ITO, Delhi
- Type
- Fort/Archaeological Site
- Heritage Status
- Sultanate monument
- Entry
- Arranged by your guide on the day
Also Covered Here
- Ashokan Pillar at Feroz Shah Kotla
- An ancient Mauryan pillar transported to Delhi centuries later, linking the Sultanate capital with India's much older imperial past.
Good To Know
Visiting Feroz Shah Kotla
What is the Ashokan Pillar at Feroz Shah Kotla?
- A stone column inscribed with Ashoka's edicts in the third century BCE and brought to Delhi by Firoz Shah Tughlaq in the fourteenth century. Its inscriptions helped scholars first decipher the Brahmi script in the 1830s.
Why do people leave letters at Feroz Shah Kotla?
- Many Delhiites believe the ruins are home to djinns, and on Thursdays they leave written petitions, candles and incense asking for help.
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