Visitors to the courtyard of the complex’s Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque will immediately spot an imposing 7.2-meter, six-ton iron pillar with a decorative top that’s even older than the complex.

A metal column known as the Iron Pillar of Delhi, the monument can be found at the UNESCO-listed Qutb Minar complex, in the Indian capital’s southern Mehrauli district. Located in the central ...

And it refuses to rust. The origin of the remarkable Iron Pillar, part of the world-heritage-listed Qutub funerary complex in India’s Delhi, is lost to time. All sorts of ideas have been put ...

THE freedom from rusting of the famous iron pillar at Delhi has long been a subject of comment and has been attributed by some writers to the peculiar properties of the ancient iron from which it ...

In the courtyard of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, an imposing iron pillar rises tall. At 7.2 metres and weighing six tons, this structure predates even the complex it resides in. Dating back to the ...