Old Delhi

Japanese: オールド・デリー - おーるどでりー
Old Delhi

...As a result, it became the base of foreign powers from the west in the history of India. The Delhi Triangle has the so-called Old Delhi, centered on the Delhi Fort, at its northern tip, and historically developed in the order of the southern part of the triangle, then Old Delhi, and further south to New Delhi. Indraprastha, the capital of the Pandava princes depicted in the Mahabharata, is said to have been located at the present-day Purana Qila (meaning "old fort") in the east of New Delhi.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Old Delhi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そのため,インド史上とりわけ西方からの外来諸勢力の根拠地となった。 デリー三角地は,デリー城を中心とするいわゆるオールド・デリーを北端の頂点とし,歴史的には三角地南部,次いでオールド・デリー,さらにその南方のニューデリーの順に発展した。《マハーバーラタ》に描かれたパーンダバ王子の都インドラプラスタは現在のニューデリー東部プラーナー・キラー(〈古城〉の意)の位置にあったとされる。…

※「オールド・デリー」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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