SLABS FROM PAST shed new light on Tughlaq era
ASI has invited a team of epigraphy experts from Nagpur to study the inscriptions carved out on red sandstone Atop a small hillock off Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, the neglected but magnificent ruins of 14th century Tughlaqabad Fort rarely catch anybody's attention. But of late the fort surrounded by 10-15 metre high ramparts running across for 6.5 km has evoked much interest with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) unearthing several red sandstone slabs with inscriptions, in a recent excavation project inside an ancient baoli