Editing Qutb Minar complex (section)

== Iron pillar ==
{{Main|Iron pillar of Delhi}}
[[File:QtubIronPillar.JPG|thumb|The [[Iron pillar of Delhi|Iron pillar]] in the Qutb Complex]]
The iron pillar is one of the world's foremost metallurgical curiosities. The pillar, 7.21-metre high and weighing more than six tonnes, was originally erected by [[Chandragupta II]] Vikramaditya (375–414 AD) in front of a Vishnu Temple complex at [[Udaygiri Caves|Udayagiri]] around 402 AD, and later shifted by [[Anangpal]] in the 10th century CE from Udaygiri to its present location. [[Anangpal]] built a Vishnu Temple here and wanted this pillar to be a part of that temple.

The estimated weight of the decorative bell of the pillar is 646&nbsp;kg while the main body weighs 5,865&nbsp;kg, thus making the entire pillar weigh 6,511&nbsp;kg.<ref>QutubMinarDelhi.com. [http://qutubminardelhi.com/iron-pillar-of-delhi/ "Iron Pillar of Delhi"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725170951/http://qutubminardelhi.com/iron-pillar-of-delhi/ |date=25 July 2015}}. Retrieved 5 August 2015.</ref> The pillar bears an inscription in [[Sanskrit]] in [[Brahmi script]] dating 4th century AD, which indicates that the pillar was set up as a ''Vishnudhvaja'', standard of god, on the hill known as Vishnupada in memory of a mighty king named Chandra, believed to Chandragupta II. A deep socket on the top of this ornate capital suggests that probably an image of [[Garuda]] was fixed into it, as common in such flagpoles.<ref>{{cite web|title=Iron pillar at Qutub Minar weighs 6,511&nbsp;kg: study|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200802051541.htm|date=5 February 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=14 August 2009|archive-date=2 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902205124/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200802051541.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>