Ibn Battuta described the rampart round the city of Dehli. How did he…

Ibn Battuta described the rampart round the city of Dehli. How did he say that rampart was built?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → Its lower part was of stone and its upper part of bricks

Option (1) Its lower part was of stone and its upper part of bricks — Correct. The rampart of Dehli had a lower part of stone and an upper part of bricks, with many towers close together.

Option (2) Its lower part was of bricks and its upper part of stone — Incorrect. This reverses the two materials. Stone was at the bottom and bricks at the top.

Option (3) It was of mud bricks covered with lime plaster — Incorrect. Ibn Battuta did not describe mud bricks or lime plaster. He wrote of stone below and bricks above.

Option (4) It was of stone blocks joined with iron clamps — Incorrect. He did not mention iron clamps. The wall was stone in the lower part and brick in the upper part.

NCERT (2026-27): “5.2 Ibn Battuta and Indian cities …
Here is an excerpt from Ibn Battuta’s account of Delhi, often spelt as Dehli in texts of the period: The city of Dehli covers a wide area and has a large population ... The rampart round the city is without parallel. The breadth of its wall is eleven cubits; and inside it are houses for the night sentry and gatekeepers. Inside the ramparts, there are store-houses for storing edibles magazines, ammunition, ballistas and siege machines. The grains that are stored (in these ramparts) can last for a long time, without rotting ... In the interior of the rampart, horsemen as well as infantrymen move from one end of the city to another. The rampart is pierced through by windows which open on the side of the city, and it is through these windows that light enters inside. The lower part of the rampart is built of stone; the upper part of bricks. It has many towers close to one another. …”