MODERN Delhi is situated on the west bank of the river Jumna, the circuit of its walls is over five miles, and encloses a citadel of a circuit of one mile and a half, in which is the celebrated palace built by the Emperor Shah Jehan, between A.D. 1637 and 1648. The city has ten gates, called the Calcutta, Kashmir, Mori, Kabul, Lahore, Farash-Khana, Ajmir Turkoman, Delhi, and Raj Ghat Gates.
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