Mehrauli Archaeological Museum || Delhi Mehrauli Archaeological Park @tripinspot

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The Mehrauli Archaeological Park is an archaeological area spread over 81 hectares (200 acres) in the Mehrauli neighbourhood of the South Delhi district of Delhi, India. The park is located adjacent to the World Heritage-listed Qutub Minar and the Qutb complex.

The park consists of over 100 historically significant monuments. It is the only area in Delhi known for 1,000 years of continuous occupation, and includes the ruins of Lal Kot built by Tomar Rajputs in 1060 CE, making it the oldest extant fort of Delhi, and architectural relics of subsequent period, rule of Khalji dynasty, Tughlaq dynasty, Lodhi dynasty of Delhi Sultanate, Mughal Empire, and the British Raj

The park contains significant sites including:

Tomb of Balban, c. 1287 CE, wherein a true arch and the true dome were built for the first time in India

Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb of Maulana Jamali Kamali (Jamali Kamboh), built 1526 - 1535 CE

Quli Khan's Tomb

Gandhak ki Baoli


Rajon Ki Baoli, a stepwell, and
Madhi Masjid.

Other nearby monuments include the Jahaz Mahal, Zafar Mahal of Bahadur Shah II alias Lal Mahal, Hauz-i-Shamsi and Tomb of Adham Khan.

Pillars and remains of several monuments, Jharna which is like a pleasure garden of late Mughals are also lay scattered in the park

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