From 1000 to 1526 CE urabanization in North India bore the stamp of the new Muslim rulers. The successive dynasties built new cities at the present site of Delhi. Al-beruni and Ibn Batuta mentioned fifty cities of importance during this period.

The Mughal period witnessed a high level of urbanization. Political stability and economic prosperity under the Mughals were responsible for it. During this period older cities were revived and new ones were established which bore the testimony of Mughal architecture. According to Abu-l Fazl, in 1594 there were 2837 towns of which 180 were named as larger cities.