DISTORTION OF INDIAN HISTORY FORMUSLIM APPEASEMENT, Part 3A
Dr.Radhasyam Brahmachari
DistortedHistory of Qutb Minar:
The QutbMinar (also spelled Qutabor Qutub), a tower in Delhi, India, is theworld's tallest minaret,made of red sandstone. It is 72.5 metres (238 ft) tall with 379 stepsleading to the top. The diameter of the base is 14.3 meters wide while the topfloor measures 2.75 meters in diameter. The authorship of this magnificentpiece of architecture is attributed to the Muslim invader Qutb-ud-din Aibok andthe Indian as well as the Western historians write, "Inspiredby the Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan andwishing to surpass it, Qutb-ud-din Aibak, thefirst Muslim ruler of Delhi, commenced construction of the Qutb Minar in 1193,but could only complete its base. His successor, Iltutmish,added three more stories and, in 1386, Firuz Shah Tughluqconstructed the fifth and the last story."[1],[2]
Accordingto another version, Qutb-ud-din Aibak came to India in 1193 AD, as the ruler of Delhi and laid the foundation of the Qutb Minar in 1206 AD. Before his deathin 1210 AD, he could complete the construction of only the first storey of themonument.Later on his son in law Iltutmish (or Altamash) took up the job and added threemore stories, and the topmost storey of the minaret was completed in 1386 by FiruzShah Tughluq. But, after going through all these narrations, following suspicionscrops up in an inquisitive mind. [2 ]
Firstly, allthe barbaric Muslims invaders, like Muhammaf Ghori, Qutb-ud-din Aibak, Firuz Shah Tughluq andtheir lot, came to India to plunder its wealth and not to erect a minaret, like the Qutb Minar, byspending money. Though the so called secular historians are projecting thesebarbaric invaders as great builders and great admirers of art, sculpture andarchitecture, it becomes hard to believe that those cruel killersand lecherous vandals had any affinity for art and culture.Thirdly, Hasan Nizami, the court chroniclersand biographer of Qutb-ud-din, has narrated so many events of the times ofQutb-ud-din, in his Taj-ul-masir.Then how it comes that he forgot to mention erecting a splendid andmagnificent exhibit of architecture like Qutb Minar by his master, in his Taj-ul-masir?
AnotherMuslim chronicler, Minhaj-us-Siraj, has also narratedlives of Qutb-ud-din and Iltutmish and their times in Tabaqat-i-Nasiri. Healso never mentioned in the said work that Qutb-ud-din had begun to build aminaret in Delhi which Altamash had subsequently finished.
So, agroup of historians are convinced that the minaret, now known as QutbMinar, was built centuries before the arrival of the Muslim invaders in Indiaand it is an excellent exhibit of Hindu architecture.[3] We maynow turn to these historians to see what evidence they have toestablish their claim.
Thelocality of Delhi where the so called Qutb Minarstands, with its head high penetrating the sky, is known as Meherauli. Wherefrom the name Meherauli has been derived? The reader will be amazed to knowthat Meherauli is the corrupt of Hindi Mihirwali (Followers of Mihir), and afurther investigation would reveal that Hindi Mihirwali was derived SanskritMihiravali. So, it becomes evident that the place was once upona time linked to a renowned personality called Mihir. Most of the scholarsagree that this Mihir was no other than Varaha Mihira,the great mathematician and astronomer who used to grace the Royal Court of EmperorVikramaditya Chandragupta-II and was one of the nine luminaries(Navaratna), called jewels, of his Court.
In thisregard, Wikipedia Encyclopedia writes, "Daivajna Varāhamihira(505 - 587), also called Varaha, or Mihira was an Indianastronomer, mathematician, and astrologer wholived in Ujjain . He is considered to be one of the nine jewels (Navaratnas) of thecourt of legendary king Vikramaditya (thought to be the Guptaemperor Chandragupta II Vikramaditya).Though little is known about his life, he supposedly hailed from South Bengal,where in the ruins of Chandraketugarh thereis a mound called the mound of Khana and Mihir. Khana was the daughter-in-lawof Varaha and a famous astrologer herself.." [4]. It shouldbe mentioned here that, Chandraketugarh is a place nearly 30 Km away fromKolkata, and it is in the district of 24-Parganas North.
It shouldalso be mentioned here that Varaha Mihira was the author of the famousastronomical treatise Pancha-Siddhantika (dated575 AD) and the originator of the Hora System of time reckoningwhere 24 Horas make one day and night (or 24 hours), the system which is nowuniversally used. It should also be noted that the English "Hour" is nothingbut a corrupt of Sanskrit "Hora" [5]
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