1959-62 Survey

Called Būlī Bhatiyārī kā Maḥal. Located approximately 300 m south-southeast from the intersection of Upper Ridge Road and Pūsā Road, almost adjoining the south edge of a modern reservoir. Grid ref. G-6

This is a small fort-like structure adjoining a dam that runs in the north-south direction; its plan is shaped like a fan spreading out from its southeast corner. There are high walls with bastions remaining in parts of the east and south sides. There is a double gate in the northeast corner that leads to an inner courtyard, whose east side is lined with small rooms. Traces of buildings can be seen on the west side and in the southwest corner that is one level higher. Remarkably, there are sewage facilities remaining in one corner of the south side. Period II.

IOC: I-9; ASI: II-337

ブーリー・バティヤーリー・カー・マハル(Būlī Bhatiyārī kā Maḥal)とよばれており,アッパーリッジ・ロードとプーサー・ロードとの交叉点の南南東約300メートル,近代の貯水池の南端にほぼ接してある。附図.G-6

南北に走る堰堤につづく小さな城砦風の建造物で,東南隅をかなめとするほぼ扇形の平面をもっている。東面および南面の一部には,バスティオンをもつ高い壁がのこっており,東北隅にある二重の門を通って内庭に入ることができる。内庭の東側には,小さな部屋が並んでおり,西側と,一段と高くなっている西南隅には,建物の痕跡が認められる。なお,南側の一隅には,下水施設がのこっていて興味深い。第Ⅱ期。

東研.Ⅰ-9;ASI.Ⅱ-337

2015-18 Survey

This structure has been abandoned, but there is a signboard of the Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation outside the north gate, so it appears that at one point there was some attempt at preservation.

[現状] 放置されたままであるが、北門の外側にDelhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporationの看板が立ち、一時は保存の手が加えられたらしい。

[囲庭付建築] Monuments of Delhiによると、南北45m東西43mの内法で、建物の重要な部分は西の半円形基壇上(高さ2m)で、奥行21mがあったという。Google Earthには矩形の北側に半円を繋げた囲壁を確認でき、半円形部分の西側に突出部をもつ。囲い内部は、一段高い半円形部分と中庭のような矩形部に分かれ、矩形部は北部よりも南部が5mほど長く、東辺と南辺に複数の小室をもつ。全体の北東隅に矩形の東辺に接してほぼ正方形の区画があり、外の北面入口と中庭への西面入口をもつ。全体の囲いの南東隅部に円形ボルジュを突出する。Delhi Ridgeという立地からも、O12、O13と同様に狩りや饗宴と結びついた建物であることが推察されるが、矩形の広い囲庭をもつ点は、特有である。

(Paragraph 2nd from the 2015-18 Survey are translated using DeepL.com]

[According to Monuments of Delhi, the building was 45m north-south by 43m east-west, with the most important part of the building on a semi-circular platform in the west (2m high) and a depth of 21m. The interior of the enclosure was divided into a higher semi-circular section and a rectangular section resembling a courtyard, the southern part of the rectangle being 5m longer than the northern part, with several small chambers on the eastern and southern sides. In the north-eastern corner of the overall enclosure there is an almost square section bordering the eastern side of the rectangle, with an outer northern entrance and a western entrance to the courtyard. A circular borge projects from the south-eastern corner of the overall enclosure; the location on Delhi Ridge suggests that, like O12 and O13, the building was associated with hunting and feasting, but it is unique in having a large rectangular enclosed garden.

Map Reference : Grid ref. G-6

IOC Reference : O15, I-9;

ASI Reference : II-337;

Archived IOC Site Record: https://perma.cc/KT7E-9Z6K

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.