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LOCATION: Qutub Minar is located in the Mehrauli part, south of the capital of India, Delhi.

This is the tallest tower in the world made of bricks, whose height is 72.5 meters or 237.86 feet. The diameter of the base of Qutub Minar is 14.3 meters, which reduces to only 2.75 meters at the top.

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Qutbu'd-Din Aibak laid the foundation of Minar in AD 1199 for the use of the mu'azzin (crier) to give calls for prayer and raised the first storey, to which were added three more storeys by his successor and son-in-law, Shamsu'd-Din Iltutmish (AD 1211-36). All the storeys are surrounded by a projected balcony encircling the minar and supported by stone brackets, which are decorated with a honeycomb design, more conspicuously in the first storey.

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Numerous inscriptions in Arabic and Nagari characters in different places of the minar reveal the history of Qutb. According to the inscriptions on its surface it was repaired by Firuz Shah Tughlaq (AD 1351-88) and Sikandar Lodi (AD 1489-1517). Major R.Smith also repaired and restored the minar in 1829.

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Qutub Minar, Delhi, India  _  The Qutub Minar is…

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Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, to the north-east of minar was built by Qutbu'd-Din Aibak in AD 1198. It is the earliest extant mosque built by the Delhi Sultans. It consists of a rectangular courtyard enclosed by cloisters, erected with the carved columns and architectural members of 27 Hindu and Jaina temples, as recorded in his inscription on the main eastern entrance.

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It is believed that the stones and other materials used in the construction of this tower were made by the demolition of 27 Hindu temples. But it is only written on the minaret that Qutubuddin had demolished 27 temples, it is not written that he had built the minaret.

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Later, a lofty arched screen was erected and the mosque was enlarged by Shamsu'd-Din Iltutmish (AD 1210-35) and Alau'd-Din Khalji. The Iron Pillar in the courtyard bears an inscription in Sanskrit in Brahmi script of fourth century AD, according to which the pillar was set up as a Vishnudhvaja (standard of god Vishnu) on the hill known as Vishnupada in memory of a mighty king named Chandra. A deep socket on the top of the ornate capital indicates that probably an image of Garuda was fixed into it.

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Tomb of Iltutmish, Qutub Complex, New Delhi

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After that, Iltutmish, who became the Sultan of Delhi, got its three floors constructed. After this, in 1368, Firoz Shah built the 5th and Last floor. Qutub Minar was damaged by an earthquake in 1505 and it was repaired by Sikandar Lodhi

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The minaret appears to be a part of the surrounding construction and does not appear to have been built separately; it originally had seven storeys. On the seventh floor, there was a statue of Brahma Ji holding the Veda in his hand which was broken, on the sixth floor there were some structures along with the statue of Vishnu Ji, they may have also been removed. The biggest proof of this is the iron pillar standing nearby on which it is written in Brahmi language that the Garuda flag was established by Saghat Chandra Gupta Vikramaditya (380-414 AD).

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According to the Hindu side, Varahamihir, who was another astronomer among the Navratnas of Emperor

Chandragupta Vikramaditya had built this tower. Its

real name is Vishnu Stambh. Varahamihir had built 27

artistic circles around the tower i.e. the pillar for

studying the constellations. There were pictures of Hindu

Gods and Goddesses on these fairies. By breaking

these 27 Parithiyas, it was written on Qutub Minar that Qutubuddin destroyed 27 temples