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Architecture under the Sultanate of Delhi

The Qutb Minar and the Alai Darwaza

The Qutb Minar and the Alai Darwaza

One of the earliest and best known of the Delhi Sultanate architectural monuments, and also the tallest minaret in India. Its accompanying gateway, the Alai Darwaza, bears the first surviving true dome in India.

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