https://t.inks.page/wiki/Delhi Follow any website on Inks inks.page https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Delhi?t=2026-04-07 Indraprastha was the town founded by the Pandava brothers of Mahabharata fame as their capital. Here, the eldest among them, Yudhishthira, became the “ruler of righteousness” (dharma-râja). ... The new town was dedicated to Indra. ... Indraprastha was founded as the capital of the Pandavas’ small-time kingdom but the area was destined by fate to become the capital of the Delhi Sultanate, the Moghul Empire, Samrat Hemachandra’s short-lived Empire, British India spanning the whole Subcontinent, and now the Indian Republic. It is a source of pride, and worth celebrating, that here, the “righteous ruler” once chose to highlight the great universal ideas personified in Indra. Therefore, the open-minded Delhiites all agree: Indraprastha amar rahe!

• About Indraprastha, the oldest part of Delhi. Elst, Koenraad. Hindu Dharma and the Culture Wars. (2019). New Delhi : Rupa.

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