*Sst cce
project
Made by – Laxmi Choudhary
*Questio
n structures and
[Link] the following
write a short paragraph on each
( Must have – who built it, when
stuctural details, any other added
information ). Add an image of the
structure.
a. Qutb Minar
[Link] Temple .
*Qutb
The Qutb Minar, also spelled as Qutub Minar and Qutab Minar, is
Minar
a minaret and "victory tower" that forms part of the Qutb complex,
a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mehrauli area of New
Delhi, [Link] height of Qutb Minar is 72.5 meters, making it the
tallest minaret in the world built of bricks. The tower tapers, and has
a 14.3 metres (47 feet) base diameter, reducing to 2.7 metres (9
feet) at the top of the peak. It contains a spiral staircase of 379
[Link] closest comparator is the 62-metre all-brick Minaret of
Jam in Afghanistan, of c.1190, a decade or so before the probable
start of the Delhi tower. The surfaces of both are elaborately
decorated with inscriptions and geometric patterns; in Delhi the
shaft is fluted with "superb stalactite bracketing under the balconies"
at the top of each stage. In general minarets were slow to be used
in India, and are often detached from the main mosque where they
exist. It was built over the ruins of the Lal Kot, the citadel
of Dhillika. Qutb-ud-din Aibak, a deputy of Muhammad of Ghor, who
founded the Delhi Sultanate after Muhammad of Ghor's death,
started construction of the Qutb Minar's first storey in 1199. This
level has inscriptions praising Muhammad of Ghor. Aibak's
successor and son-in-law Shamsuddin Iltutmish completed a further
three storeys.