Picture by Ambika Sambasivan, Yali Books, 2013
If you look closely at these pictures, you see a most astonishing scene. . . .a rabbit chasing a dog. This is what Sultan Ahmed Shah saw while he was resting on the banks of Sabarmati over 1000 years ago. The Sultan was impressed with the bravery of the normally timid animal. He decided this most be a very special place. There was already a rather prosperous town on the site which was a trading crossroads of Chinese Silk, Arabian perfume and Indian cotton and spices. The Sultan had been roaming around searching for more territory as he was looking to enlarge his domain. He was from the Delhi area. But now he became the proud owner of a new city. It’s name was to be City of Ahmed or Ahmedabad as it is known today.
Here is a painting of the Bhadra Gate which the Sultan had built as a ceremonial entrance to the city which still stands today.
You can see from my poorly taken picture the scale of the gate as my architect leads to group to enter The Pols or old city.
This is the Sultan’s Mosque which is in rather poor repair, but still a house of prayer just near the entrance of old Ahmedabad.
In 2010, The Times of India awarded Ahmedabad the “Best Indian City in which to Live Award” . This was a mega-city award. In 2013 Surat ( also in Gujarat) won this distinction with Ahmedabad slipping to third place. In the census of 2011, there were 46 cities in India of over one million inhabitants! I bet that Sultan Ahmed would love to visit again. I am not sure if he would see a rabbit chasing a dog, but he would see a thriving, bustling city and I think you would be proud!
Namaste. . . . T I I I
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Ahmedabad has long & great History, Most of people are Unaware of it
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Thank you for the reblog! It is a wonderful story. Are you from Ahmedabad? We really loved our time and felt quite at home there.
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