material used to build Qutub Minar
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Qutub Minar is a 73 m-high victory tower built by Qutab-ud-din Aibak in 1193 for defeating Delhi's last Hindu king.
It has five distinct storeys, each with a projecting balcony and tapers and has a base of 15 m diameter and top is 2.5 m.
Red sandstone is used to build the first three storeys and marble and sandstone are used to build the next two storeys.
It has five distinct storeys, each with a projecting balcony and tapers and has a base of 15 m diameter and top is 2.5 m.
Red sandstone is used to build the first three storeys and marble and sandstone are used to build the next two storeys.
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The first three storeys are made of red sandstone; the fourth and fifth storeys are of marble and sandstone. At the foot of the tower is the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, the first mosque to be built in India
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