The Architecture of Ancient Delhi: Especially the Buildings Around the Kutb Minar
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1st ed.
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9788173055386
Length
xii+152p., Halftone Illustrations 26; Maps 2; 22cm x 28cm.
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The Qutb (also spelled as Qutub, Qutab or Kutb) complex is an array of monuments at Mehrauli in Delhi. The construction of Qutb Minar was intended as a Victory Tower, to celebrate the victory of Mohammed Ghori over Rajput king Prithviraj Chauhan, in ad 1192, by his then viceroy, Qutb-ud-din Aibak after destroying 27 Hindu and Jain Temples and reusing their building material for construction. After the death of Aibak, the Minar was added upon by his successor ...
