Mehrauli through time
Now The Qutb complex, Delhi, Delhi
Also known as: Lal Kot (the fort the Tomaras built)
Theme 10 · 319 to 550 CE
The iron pillar of King Chandra, brought to Delhi in a later age, standing in the Qutb complex
Theme 12c · 900 to 1200 CE
Early Delhi, founded by the Tomaras, who built Lal Kot; taken by the Chahamana Vigraharaja IV
Theme M3 · 1150 to 1210 CE
The second Turkish invasion and the Rajput kingdoms
Delhi, taken from the Tomaras by Vigraharaja IV, with the Tomara Lal Kot; Aibak's base from 1192 to 1193, where the Quwwat ul Islam was built
Theme M9 · 1200 to 1700 CE
Delhi: Bakhtiyar Kaki at Mehrauli, and Nizamuddin Auliya and Nasiruddin Chiragh i Delhi at Nizamuddin, the Chishtis of the capital
Theme M5 · 1206 to 1526 CE
The Delhi Sultanate: five dynasties, 1206 to 1526
Delhi, the Sultanate's capital for three hundred and twenty years, where the Qutb complex holds the Quwwat ul Islam, the Qutb Minar, Iltutmish's tomb and the Alai Darwaza; Targhi's Mongols besieged it for two months in 1303
Theme M8a · 1526 to 1707 CE
The Mughal empire: the emperors
Delhi, recovered by Humayun on 23 July 1555 and taken by Hemu in 1556; Guru Tegh Bahadur was executed at its Chandni Chowk in 1675