Qutab Minar is a 234-foot tall minaret in Delhi that is the tallest individual tower in the world, construction was started by Prithviraj or his uncle but historians believe it was completed in 1200 AD by Qutubuddin and Iltutmish, and it has beautiful carvings and inscriptions revealing its architectural design and builders.

1. Qutab Minar is among the tallest and
famous towers in the world. The
minaret is 234 feet high and the
highest individual tower in the world.

4. According to history books, the
minar was started by Prithviraj or
his uncle Vigraharaja who won
Delhi from the Tomar Rajputs.
However, it is assumed and
historians believe that Qutubuddib
and Iltutmish finished it though
the minar may have been
commenced by Prithviraj or
Vigraharaja. The minar was
completed in 1200 A.D

14. Qutab Minar is another great
masterpiece of Mughal architecture.
It has a number of floors or storeys
which has beautiful carvings like the
one on the tomb of Iltutmish. There
are inscriptions all round the tower
and these inscriptions reveal that
Iltutmish finised the tower. The
structure of the wall is made as such
that it widens from top to
bottom, just to make the minar
stronger.