1959-62 Survey

Called the Well of Tughluqābād Fort. Located close to the south wall of the fort's royal area. Grid ref. J-13

This well has mostly collapsed, leaving only a part of the stonework on the north side and a pumping facility, but it probably was a cubical shape originally, and quite large. The ruins of an even larger well are in the eastern part of the royal area; both wells were probably constructed for the purpose of storing spring water and rainwater. Period II.

IOC: X-4-11

トゥグルカーバードの貯水井戸とよぶ。同城砦の宮廷地域の南城壁に近いところにある。附図.J-13

この井戸は,現在では,北側の石積みの一部と揚水施設とをのこして,ほとんどくずれ落ちているが,おそらくは,角型をなしていたもので,その規模は,かなり大きなものであったと思われる。この井戸よりさらに大規模なものが,宮廷地域の東の部分にも,廃嘘としてのこっているが,いずれも,湧水のほかに天水をも貯える目的で建設されたものであろう。第Ⅱ期。

東研.Ⅹ-4-11

2015-18 Survey

This has been repaired and exists today. The stairwell is different from Shokoohy’s reconstruction; the steps descend from north to south on the east side of the rectangular block, take a right turn, and then descend from east to west on the south side to reach the bottom. The level of the tank gets lower over four levels; it is thought to have been restored this way because the excavation exposed the east stonework of the rectangular block’s southeast section. The walls of the tank are covered in layers of large, rectangular cut stone.

W15 is a water tank inside a fort, and according to Shokoohy, it measured 18m (north-south) by 20m (east-west), and was 16m deep. On the east side, large steps led down to the water surface. Corbels projected from the north bank where there was a pumping facility. Though this is not written in Delhi, Shokoohy theorizes that there was a round well for drinking water to the northwest of the tank.

In Delhi, the water reservoir inside the citadel (mentioned in the description of W15) was also rectangular in shape; much of the stonework on the east side remained, but the rest had fallen and was not repaired.

現在は、修復されている。階段部はShokoohyの復元とはことなり、矩形部分の東辺を北から南へと降り、さらに直角に折れ、南辺を東から西へと降りる階段によって底部に達する。貯水池の平面は4段に渡って低減する。おそらく、発掘によって、矩形南東部の東辺の石積みが出現し、このような復元が行われたと推察される。貯水池の壁面は大きな矩形の切石で層状に覆われる。

W15は城塞内の貯水池で、Shokoohyによれば、南北18m東西20mで、深さ16mほどで、東側に水面への大階段が取り付くと復元する。北岸に揚水施設のための持送が突出した。『デリー』には報告されていないが、Shokoohyは貯水池の北西に円井戸があり、飲料水用に使われたであろうと推察する。

まだ、『デリー』では、W15において触れられるシタデル(本丸)内部の貯水池も、同様に矩形の形で東面の石積みはよく残るが、他は崩れ、修復されていない。

Map Reference: Grid ref. J-13.

IOC Reference: W15, X-4-11;

ASI Reference: -

Archived IOC Site Record: https://perma.cc/KS27-JDCG

Mission Credit Line : Mission for Indian History and Archaeology, University of Tokyo, in 1959-60 , 1961-62: the Resurvey of the Delhi Monuments, Research and Information Center for Asian Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo in 2015-18.