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Delhi

Delhi is a city in northern India and one of the most important political centres of South Asian history. It was the capital of the Delhi Sultanate and, later, of the Mughal Empire, and was sacked by Timur in 1398 and by Nader Shah of the Afsharid Empire in 1739. It also figures in the profiles of the Chagatai Empire and the Sikh Empire.

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Mentioned in 18 profiles

Afsharid EmpireSocioeconomy, Military, Impact Chagatai EmpireMilitary Delhi SultanateFoundation, Socioeconomy, Military, Governance, Impact, Decline Maratha EmpireMilitary, Impact Mughal EmpireFoundation, Socioeconomy, Decline Sikh EmpireImpact Timurid EmpireFoundation, Impact Ghurid SultanateGovernance, Impact Gurjara-PratiharaImpact Hoysala EmpireMilitary, Decline Later Pandyan EmpireDecline Bahmani SultanateFoundation, Governance, Impact, Decline Bengal SultanateFoundation, Military, Summary Hyderabad StateFoundation British RajFoundation, Impact, Summary Republic of IndiaImpact, Decline, Summary Bahá'í FaithCommunity SikhismSpread, Community, Summary

Mentioned in 21 state histories

Pushyabhuti dynasty Chahamanas of Shakambhari Tomara dynasty of Delhi Karnat dynasty Jaipur State Later Pandyan Empire Khalji dynasty of Bengal Vaghela dynasty Oiniwar dynasty Musunuri Nayaks Khandesh Sultanate Jaunpur Sultanateand 9 more

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Cite this entry

APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Delhi. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/delhi
MLA: “Delhi.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/delhi. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Delhi.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/delhi.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Delhi’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/delhi (Accessed: ).

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