India, Dec. 7 -- New Delhi

As the clock struck 8.30am on Saturday, a group of 30 academicians and history enthusiasts gathered near the gate of the Feroz Shah Kotla to take in the history and architecture of the 14th-century structure.

The Kotla's currently partially damaged structure, in its pomp, had at least four layers of gate for fortification. Built primarily with quartzite, the walls, just after the point where the fourth gate once stood tall, still have remnants of a flower design above each arch, although these are currently partially eroded.

"The Feroz Shah Kotla was the primary structure of Ferozabad, built by Firoz Shah Tughlaq in 1354. Ferozabad was his version of Delhi. The flower pattern is a primary architectural design...