Wonders of The World

---

• The Longest Natural Arch
• Manuscripts of a Bygone Age NEW
• Sanchi's Great Stupa
• The Brooklyn Bridge
• The Oldest Known Shipwreck
• A House Under The Ocean
• Telescope Atop a Volcano
• Britain's Treasure Trove
• The Dare-devils of La Quebrada
• The Chunnel
• The Tallest Living Things
• An Island Comes to life again
• The Skeleton Stretch
• The Glowing Caves
• The Great Shells
• The Mighty Corridor
• Drawings in the Sand
• The World's largest Flower
• The Swaying Minarets
• The Screaming Skull
• A Tower of Perfection!
• Ajanta
• World's Highest Capitals
• The Ziggurat of Ur
• The Oldest Footprints
• The smallest country
• Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
• Mountain of Light
• A Piece from the Past
• Crop Circles
• Cleopatra’s Needle
• The Oldest Throne
• Giant Waves
• The Lord's Arch
• A Mad King's Dream Castle

Go to page: 1  2 3

A Tower of Perfection!

Some dismiss it scornfully as just another tower with nothing to distinguish it from similar towers all over Asia; others regard it as the most perfect specimen of tower architecture and rate it among the world's finest monuments.
But whatever its architectural merits or demerits the Qutab Minar is one of our most durable structures. The magnificient monument has remained standing for eight centuries , even surviving an earthquake.
The Qutab Minar was begun in 1199 by Qutb-ud-Din Aibak to mark his victory in India. But he got no further than the first balcony and it was completed by his successors.
The gracefully tapering 5-storeyed tower soaring into an awesome height of 73 metres is the tallest stone structure in our country.

---

Last updated on :8/11/2005