Inscribed on verso "The Kootub Minar. This pillar is situated about 11 miles from Delhi, on the road to Goorgaon, and is the highest pillar in the world, being 238 feet above the level of the ground. It was completed about A.D.1235 for what purpose in not known - It is built exteriorly of red standstone and is ascended on the inside by 379 steps of kharra stone - (mahommedan) -
The range of buildings around it were laid out it is supposed as a mosque or as an adjunct to a Mosque -
The fromt of the Musjid is a wall 8ft thick pierced by a line of seven noble arches, the centre arch being 22 feet wide and nearly 53 feet high - The mosque is approached through a cloistered court, in the midst of the Westhalf stands the celebrated Iran Pillar of Lat -
One of the most curious monuments in India; a solid shaft of mixed metal, upwards of 16 inches in diameter and about 50 feet in length , 22 feet only being now above ground - Erected by Rajah Dhiva in A.D.319 -