New Delhi: Amid the ongoing row over the Gyanvapi Masjid case and the Taj Mahal, a new controversy has erupted related to Qutub Minar in India. It is reported that the Archaeological Survey of India has ordered a survey to ascertain if the tower was built by Qutab al-Din Aibak or Chandragupta Vikramaditya.
On the controversy, Union Culture Minister GK Reddy issued a clarification to the media that ”no such decision has been taken” by the authority.
Hyderabad, Telangana | “No such decision has been taken,” said Union Culture Minister GK Reddy on media reports that the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct excavation at the Qutub Minar complex pic.twitter.com/b97SMMTs7l
— ANI (@ANI) May 22, 2022
However, we are going to tell you how the controversy started and why the tower is being called ”Sun Tower”.
Latest controversy over Qutub Minar
The latest controversy over Qutub Minar started after a former ASI officer said the Minar is the creation of Raja Vikramaditya as history books have taught us. Qutub al-Din Aibak could be given credit.
The ASI regional director Dharamveer Sharma talking to the media said Chandragupta Vikramaditya, king
Qutub al-Din Aibak or Chandragupta Vikramaditya, one of the most powerful emperors of the Gupta Empire in the 5th Century, build it as a ”sun tower”.
”It is not the Qutub Minar but a sun lower (observatory tower). It was constructed in the 5th century by Raja Vikramaditya, not by Qutb al-Din Aibak. I have a lot of evidence regarding this,” he was quoted by the media.
The debate over the survey of Qutab Minar started after Culture Secretary Govind Mohan visited the monument on Saturday.
Qutub Minar and history
Qutub Minar is situated in Delhi and is famous as India’s tallest stone tower, rising 238 feet. It is also recognised by the UNESCO World Heritage site in 1993.
According to history, Qutub al-Din Aibak have had started the Qutub Minar’s construction of the tower in the 13th century. It was completed by his successor, Iltutmish.
