Thursday, 27 December 2012

Qutb Minar, Delhi

Qutb Minar

The Qutb Minar is an array of monuments and buildings at Mehrauli in DelhiIndia. The construction of Qutb Minar was intended as a Victory Tower, to celebrate the victory of Mohammed Ghori over Rajputking, Prithviraj Chauhan, in 1192 AD, by his then viceroy, Qutb-ud-din Aibak, who later became the first Sultan of Delhi of Mamluk dynasty. After the death of the commissioner, the Minar was added upon by his successor Iltutmish (aka Altamash) and much later byFiroz Shah Tughlaq, a Tughlaq dynastySultan of Delhi in 1368 AD.

Source:- Wikipedia

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