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05 May 2022 Anang Tal Lake: Delhi

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Recently the Ministry of Culture has ordered the restoration of the historic Anang Tal Lake located in South Delhi.
The National Monuments Authority (NMA) and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have asked the authorities to expedite its conservation work so that the site can be declared a national monument.

This lake is located in Mehrauli, Delhi, which was built by Tomar king Anangpal II in 1060 AD.
He is known to have founded and settled Delhi in the 11th century.
The millennium old Anang Tal symbolizes the early period of Delhi.
Anang Tal has a strong connection with Rajasthan as Maharaja Anangpal is known as the maternal grandfather of Prithviraj Chauhan, whose fort Rai Pithora, is included in the list of ASI.

Anangpal II, popularly known as Anangpal Tomar, belonged to the Tomar dynasty.
He was the founder of Dhillika Puri, which eventually came to be known as Delhi.
Evidence of the early history of Delhi is carved on the iron pillar of the Masjid Quwwat-ul-Islam adjacent to the Qutub Minar.
Study of several inscriptions and coins shows that Anangpal Tomar was the ruler of Delhi and Haryana between 8th-12th century. The Hindu Analysis
He got the city built on the ruins and under his supervision got the construction of Anang Tal Baoli and Lal Kot.
After Anangpal Tomar II, his grandson Prithviraj Chauhan became the successor.
The Delhi Sultanate was established in 1192 after Prithviraj Chauhan’s defeat against the Ghurid armies in the Battle of Tarain (present-day Haryana).

The Tomar dynasty is one of the early medieval minor dynasties of northern India.
Puranic evidence (writings of the Puranas) confirm its inclusion in the early dynasties of the Himalayan region. According to the Bhat tradition, the Tomar dynasty was one of the 36 Rajput tribes.
The history of the dynasty can be traced back to the period of the reign of Anangpal who founded the city of Delhi in the 11th century and incorporated Delhi into the Chauhan (Chaman) kingdom in 1164.
Although Delhi later became decisively part of the Chauhan Empire, numismatics and comparatively later literary evidence indicate that the Tomar kings such as Anangpal and Madanpal probably served as feudatories until the final conquest of Delhi by the Muslims in the year 1192–93.