Mehrauli Archaeological Park
The Mehrauli Archaeological Park is an archaeological area spread over 81 hectares in the Mehrauli neighbourhood of the South Delhi district of Delhi, India.Photo: Varun Shiv Kapur, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Qutb Minar and Qutb Minar complex.
Qutb Minar
Monument
Photo: Akbarzoda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Qutb Minar, 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 Mehrauli, South Delhi, India. Qutb Minar is situated 360 metres north of Mehrauli Archaeological Park.
Qutb Minar complex
Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL.
The Qutb Minar complex are monuments and buildings from the Delhi Sultanate at Mehrauli in Delhi, 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. Qutb Minar complex is situated 400 metres north of Mehrauli Archaeological Park.
Iron pillar of Delhi
Monument
Photo: Pawan.kamrani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mehrauli in Delhi, India. Iron pillar of Delhi is situated 400 metres north of Mehrauli Archaeological Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mehrauli and Saket.
Mehrauli
Suburb
Mehrauli is a neighbourhood in South Delhi, Delhi, India. It represents a constituency in the Delhi Legislative Assembly. The area is close to Gurugram and next to Vasant Kunj.
Saket
Suburb
Photo: Amartyabag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saket is a residential colony and the administrative headquarters of the South Delhi district of Delhi in India. The local district headquarters are also situated on M.B. Saket is situated 2½ km east of Mehrauli Archaeological Park.
Malviya Nagar
Suburb
Malviya Nagar is a residential locality in South Delhi. Situated between Saket and Hauz Khas, its namesake is the freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malviya. Malviya Nagar was initially a part of the Shahpur Jat village, in which after partition was populated in the 1950s by refugees from Pakistan, after the Partition of India. Malviya Nagar is situated 3 km northeast of Mehrauli Archaeological Park.
Mehrauli Archaeological Park
- Type: Park
- Description: archaeological park in India
- Categories: archaeological site, recreation area, and historic site
- Location: Mehrauli, South Delhi, Delhi, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
28.5212° or 28° 31′ 16″ northLongitude
77.18588° or 77° 11′ 9″ eastOpen location code
7JWVG5CP+F9OpenStreetMap ID
way 89583607OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q6809814
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In Other Languages
From German to Russian—“Mehrauli Archaeological Park” goes by many names.
- German: “Mehrauli Archaeological Park”
- Hindi: “महरौली पुरातत्व पार्क”
- Malay: “Taman Arkeologi Mehrauli”
- Russian: “Археологический парк Мехраули”
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