Question

4. The construction of Qutub Minar was begun in Delhi by the first Delhi Sultan________
5.______________monuments of the Mughal Period, are astronomical observatories.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Qutubuddin Aibak, the founder of the Delhi Sultanate, started building the Minar around 1192 AD, but it was his successor, Iltutmish, who finished the project. Aibak was the trusted general of Turkish sultan Muhammad Ghuri, who wrested Delhi from Prithviraj Chauhan

2. The Jantar Mantar in Jaipur is an outstanding example of a very comprehensive set of astronomical instruments, in the heart of a royal capital at the end of the Mughal period in India.

Answer 2

Answer:

Qutab-ud-din Aibak, the first Muslim ruler of Delhi, commenced the construction of the Qutab Minar in 1200 AD, but could only finish the basement. His successor, Iltutmush, added three more storeys, and in 1368, Firoz Shah Tughlak constructed the fifth and the last storey.

Explanation:

The monument was completed in 1734.