FORMATION OF THE CAPITAL OF INDIA DURING THE DELHI SULTANATE ERA: POLITICAL, IDEOLOGICAL, NATURAL FACTORS
The Modern capital of India preserves the memory of a number of urban settlements that claimed the title of the center. This tendency was most clearly manifested in the era of the Delhi Sultanate (1206-1526). At the core of every strong ruler's desire to erect a new military-cultural object was a set of various reasons. The reverence for the past in conjunction with the demands of the time (Mongolian raids, the expansion of borders, lack of water) led to the closure of isolated structures in the "multicapital" complex, which has become a single urban space. The objective of this article is to unite the information, building a picture of the causes and consequences of this process. It is also important to determine whether all the so-called "capitals" can claim this resounding title, or part of them were built without the idea of substitution the previous administrative center.