Question

how can we say that the old city shrank into the space within its walls under the colonial rule?​

Answer 1

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So when the British regained control of the city, they either demolished mosques or put them to other uses; Zinat-al-Masjid, for example, was converted into a bakery. No worship was allowed in the Jama Masjid for five years, one-third of the city was demolished, and its canals were filled up...

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