Iron pillar of Delhi

The iron pillar of Delhi is a metal structure 7.21 metres high with a 41-centimetre diameter that was constructed by Chandragupta II, and now stands in the Qutb complex at in , .
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: 7.2 m pillar in the Qutb complex, Mehrauli, Delhi, India, erected in the 5th century CE
  • Also known as: “Iron Pillar” and “iron pillar of Delhi”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Qutb Minar and Qutb Minar complex.

Monument
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The , also spelled Qutub Minar and Qutab Minar, is a minaret and victory tower, built during the Delhi sultanate, and comprising the Qutb complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in , South Delhi, .

Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL.
The are monuments and buildings from the Delhi Sultanate at in , India. Construction of the Qutub Minar "victory tower" in the complex, named after the religious figure Sufi Saint Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, was begun by Qutb-ud-din Aibak, who later became the first Sultan of Delhi of the Mamluk dynasty.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mehrauli and Saket.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in , , India. It represents a constituency in the Delhi Legislative Assembly. The area is close to Gurugram and next to Vasant Kunj.

Suburb
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is a residential colony and the administrative headquarters of the South Delhi district of in . The local district headquarters are also situated on M.B. is situated 3 km east of Iron pillar of Delhi.

Suburb
is a residential locality in South Delhi. Situated between and , its namesake is the freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malviya. was initially a part of the Shahpur Jat village, in which after partition was populated in the 1950s by refugees from , after the Partition of India. is situated 3 km east of Iron pillar of Delhi.

Iron pillar of Delhi

Latitude
28.52475° or 28° 31′ 29″ north
Longitude
77.18497° or 77° 11′ 6″ east
Height
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
7JWVG5FM+VX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1486895412
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Wiki­data ID
Q543419
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Iron pillar of Delhi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “العمود الحديدي”
  • Arabic: “عمود دلهي الحديدي”
  • Armenian: “Երկաթե սյուն Դելիում”
  • Belarusian: “Жалезная калёна ў Дэлі”
  • Belarusian: “Жалезная калона ў Дэлі”
  • Bengali: “দিল্লির লৌহস্তম্ভ”
  • Catalan: “Pilar de ferro de Delhi”
  • Chinese: “德里鐵柱”
  • Croatian: “Željezni stup u Delhiju”
  • Czech: “Sloup v Dillí”
  • Danish: “Jernpillen i Delhi”
  • Dutch: “IJzeren pilaar van Delhi”
  • Esperanto: “fera kolono de Delhio”
  • Esperanto: “Fera Piliero de Delhio”
  • Finnish: “Delhin rautapylväs”
  • French: “pilier de fer de Delhi”
  • French: “Pilier de fer de Delhi”
  • German: “Eiserne Säule”
  • Hebrew: “עמוד הברזל של דלהי”
  • Hindi: “लौह स्तंभ”
  • Indonesian: “Pilar Besi Delhi”
  • Italian: “colonna di Ashoka”
  • Italian: “colonna di Ferro di Delhi”
  • Italian: “colonna di Ferro”
  • Italian: “Colonna di ferro”
  • Japanese: “ｱｼｮｶ･ﾋﾟﾗｰ”
  • Japanese: “デリーの鉄柱”
  • Korean: “델리의 철 기둥”
  • Lithuanian: “Geležinė kolona”
  • Macedonian: “Железен столб во Делхи”
  • Malayalam: “ദില്ലിയിലെ ഇരുമ്പുസ്തംഭം”
  • Marathi: “लोहस्तंभ”
  • Oriya: “ଦିଲ୍ଲିର ଲୌହସ୍ତମ୍ଭ”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਲੌਹ ਖੰਭਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਦਿੱਲੀ ਦਾ ਲੋਹ-ਥੰਮ੍ਹ”
  • Persian: “ستون آهنی دهلی”
  • Polish: “Żelazna kolumna z Delhi”
  • Polish: “Żelazna Kolumna”
  • Portuguese: “Pilar de ferro de Déli”
  • Portuguese: “Pilar de ferro”
  • Romanian: “Pilonul de fier de la Delhi”
  • Romanian: “Pilonul de fier din Delhi”
  • Russian: “Железная колонна в Дели”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Željezni stup u Delhiju”
  • Slovak: “Železný stĺp v Dillí”
  • Slovenian: “Delhijski železni steber”
  • Slovenian: “Železni steber, Delhi”
  • Spanish: “pilar de hierro de Delhi”
  • Spanish: “Pilar de hierro de Delhi”
  • Swedish: “Järnpelaren i Delhi”
  • Tamil: “தில்லி இரும்புத் தூண்”
  • Telugu: “ఐరన్ పిల్లర్ ఆఫ్ ఢిల్లీ”
  • Telugu: “ఢిల్లీ ఇనుప స్థంభం”
  • Thai: “โลหะสตมภ์”
  • Ukrainian: “Залізна колона в Делі”
  • Urdu: “دہلی کا آہنی ستوں”
  • Vietnamese: “Cột sắt Delhi”

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