Delhi

Percival Spear (1901-1982) taught history at St Stephen's College, University of Delhi. He was the author of several major works on India including the Penguin History of India, Volume II. Narayani Gupta is Professor at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Laura Sykes has spent several years in Delhi and knows the city well. She is also the author of Calcutta Through British Eyes (OUP 1992).

FOURTEEN YEARS AFTER; FOREWORD TO THE THIRD EDITION BY NARAYANI GUPTA; FOREWORD BY NARAYANI GUPTA; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; HOW TO READ THIS BOOK; FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION BY T.G.P. SPEAR; PART I: THE CITY; THE FORT, THE MOSQUES OF DELHI, THE CITY, THE CIVIL LINES; PART II: AROUND THE CITY; FIROZ SHAH KOTLA, PURANA QILA, HUMAYUNS TOMB, NIZAMUDDIN, THE LODI TOMBS, THE MOTH-KI-MASJID, SAFDARJANGS TOMB; PART III: THE QUTB DISTRICT; THE GREAT MOSQUE, THE QUTB MINAR, THE LAL KOT (MEHRAULI), SIRI, BIJAY MANDAL, HAUZ KHAS, TUGHLAQABAD, SURAJ KUND; PART IV: NEW DELHI; THE JANTAR MANTAR, NEW DELHI; PART V: ARCHITECTURE OF DELHI; THE ARCHITECTURE OF DELHI; AFTERWORD - FIFTY YEARS ON - BY LAURA SYKES; GLOSSARY; CHRONOLOGY; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX