information about iron pillar at Mehrauli
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A peek into the Iron Pillar history indicates the year of its construction and the reason behind. Although the history of Iron Pillar Delhi is still under research and offers many versions of its origin, it does give us some substantial information on Iron Pillar. The inscriptions on the iron pillar were decoded by an Indian antiquarian in the year 1838. These were then translated into English and published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Before that not much was known about Iron Pillar.
As per scholars, the Mehrauli Iron Pillar was constructed during early period of Gupta reign (320-495 AD). This finding is based on the style of execution and inscription on the pillar and the language. In the third verse of inscription on Iron pillar, scholars have found mention of the name “Chandra” which denotes rulers of Gupta Dynasty. However, there are different opinions on whether the word Chandra represents the King Samudragupta (340-375) or Chandragupta II (375-415) who was the son of King Samudragupta. It is also believed to have been made in respect of Hindu God, Lord Vishnu.
There are also many theories on where the pillar was built. According to one of the prominent theories, Iron pillar was built on top of a hill Udaygiri in Madhya Pradesh, from where it was transported to Delhi by King Iltutmish (1210-36 AD) after his victory.
According to some researchers, Delhi Iron Pillar was moved and placed in the main temple at Lal Kot in New Delhi by King Anangpal II, Tomar King in 1050 AD. Iron Pillar Inscription mentions this. However, in 1191, when King Prithviraj Chauhan who was the grandson of Anangpal, was defeated by Muhammad Ghori army, Qutb-ud-din Aibak built a mosque named Quwwat-ul-Islam in Lal Kot. It was then the pillar was moved from its original location to its current position in front of the mosque.
The iron pillar information
Height is 7.21 m
it was built by chandragupta ll that was built more than 1600 years ago.
It is situated in Qutub Complex in Mehrauli (DELHI)
We all can visit this monument from 6am to 6pm