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A visit to the Qutab-Minar a centre of tourists attraction in Delhi also declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The red sandstone tower is surrounded by other religious and historic monuments like the Iron Pillar of Ashoka. Calligraphy inscriptions on the walls of the tower. The surrounding pillared halls also gave inscriptions and engravings on the pillars. Watch the intricate artwork combined with the inscriptions on the walls and the pillars. Religious and historic architecture combined with the red sandstone bright in the evening light. 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 diam