Abstract
The main factor which keeps ALAI MINAR alive is the question why
did Hindu extremists not demolish this incomplete structure or
transform it into another shape? Ala-ud-Din wanted to build a second
tower of victory twice as high as Qutab Minar, but when he died the
tower had reached only 27 meters and later no one was willing to
continue his over ambitious project. Alai Minar (Figure 1) is an
incomplete tower today which stands to the north of Qutub Minar and
the mosque. There are many myths to construe the stories of the minaret.
Some of the art historians say that it was just a base or platform and the
major architecture was supposed to be built later. Some others say that
it was constructed with the waste or left material of the complex to
preserve the idea of making a structure. On the other side, there are few
claims about secret ways to store war equipment, as it was constructed
under the “slave dynasty”.
Maryam Baber. (2014) Alai Minar_ Pre-Mughal Architecture: A Contemporary Master Piece, Journal of Arts and Social sciences, Volume 1, Issue 2.
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