Apart from being home to the capital´s historical sites, its heart is a dense maze of Mughal-era lanes, spice and other markets, metal workshops, mosques, sweet shops, and crumbling merchant mansions where commerce spills into the street. It´s one of the best places to feel the city’s older character, especially around Shankhari Bazaar, famed for Hindu artisan families, conch-shell crafts, and tightly packed, centuries-old buildings.
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