Qutb Minar

A visually led Mapin title selected for collectors, design shelves, and considered gifting.
The Qutb Minar in South Delhi is 73m high, and has 5 storeys. It was built in stages over 300 years, between 1192 and 1503. Near it is a masjid open to the sky, and corridors built with pillars from temples which stood there earlier. Nearby are later buildings, with detailed ornamentation on sandstone. Some way off is the shrine of the Sufi saint Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki, from whom the Minar gets its name. The Qutb Complex is near the historic village of Mehrauli. A lot has been written about the area. This book is only about the Minar.