Historic Delhi: An Anthology

Few major cities of the world are as rich in historical associations as Delhi, and fewer still possess such a wealth of archaelogical and architectural splendours. This anthology contains vivid accounts of Delhi from ancient times to the early twentieth century, picked from hundreds of books and documents, some of them long out of print. They range from the Timur's accounts of his attack on Delhi to Aurangzeb's rules about the acceptable length of beards, and anecdotes about city saunas.

H. K. Paul is Director of the Delhi Library Network and Chief Librarian of the India International Centre, New Delhi. He is the author of several volumes of poetry, and has edited Travellers' India: An Anthology (OUP 1979).