Northern India, 12-29 October 2007
Qutb Minar
Built around the end of the 12th century by Muslim conquerors from Ghur (modern Afahanistan)
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Qutb Minar complex, south of Dellhi
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Entrance to Quwwat-ul-Islam ("might of Islam") Mosque (1193)
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Qutb Minar, 5-floored Victory Tower
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Decorations on the Qutb Minar
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Alai Darwaza (1311)
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Alai Darwaza (1311)
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"Inside" the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque
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Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, columns pilfered from earlier Hindu temple
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Screen of the mosque
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Decorations on the screen arch
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Fourth-century iron pillar
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Screen from the back
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Tomb of Iltumish (1235)
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Tomb of Iltumish
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Tomb of Iltumish
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Children playing on the grass in front of the Alai Minar
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Uncompleted Alai Minar
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Alai Minar and trees
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