Delhi Darwaza

• One of the main gateways in the city fortifications, the Delhi Darwaza was probably given this name as it faced north towards Delhi. 
• Today it forms the main entrance to the busy Sadar Bazaar, Chanderi’s main shopping area. On the walls flanking the gate can be found large carvings of soldiers mounted on elephants and holding weapons. 
• What is most surprising about this depiction is that such figural representations are almost never found on Muslim constructions. 
• An inscription in Persian and Arabic above the arch of the gate states that the construction of the gate began during the reign of Sultan Nusrat Shah, under the direction of Dilawar Khan Ghori. It was completed in the year 1411 when Hoshung Shah was the Sultan of Malwa.