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A wide view of the Qutub-Minar in the evening light as it stands between two ruins. The path towards the red sandstone tower where rows of pillared halls can be seen. A wide view of Ashoka's 'Iron Pillar' with the backdrop of the Qutab-Minar. It is a wide complex with ruins and well built graves. Behind the Qutb-Minar, the Alai Darwaza stands. Libraries of the ancient times in ruins are also seen here. A view of the monument after sundown. Qutab Minar is a soaring, 73 m-high tower of victory, built in 1193 by Qutab-ud-din Aibak immediately after the defeat of Delhi's last Hindu kingdom. The tower has five distinct storeys, each marked by a projecting balcony and tapers from a 15 m diameter at the base to just 2.5 m at the top. The first three storeys are made of red sandstone; the fourth a