A covered drain paved with stones and topped with an arch lined with thin, burnt clay bricks was discovered by members of the Archaeological Survey of India at the Red Fort, a fortress built of red sandstone by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in 1639 CE. You might know him as the builder of the Taj Mahal.
The drain once connected the fort’s Delhi Gate to the moat which surrounded nd protected the fort. Researchers are now removing silt from the drain, and then will strengthen it, so that it will once again be able to serve as a channel for rainwater. Rainwater from within the Red Fort seems to have been directed to the moat, whereas rainwater collected from the surrounding city was drained away.
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