[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v2.c38.94 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c38.94 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c38.94 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c38.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.94) \*\*Lal-Kot\*\* (28°32'; 77°11'), Dt Delhi, an irregular fortified enclosure within which the famous Qutub-Minar stands. It is reputed to have been built by a Tomara Anan\ gapāla, possibly to be identified with Anangapāla II, who figures in certain dynastic lists and whose name with \*saṁvat\* 1109 (A.D. 1052) is inscribed on the iron pillar of Chandra. Its extension on the n. and w., bounded again by massive stone walls, is known as QILA RAI PITHORA and is ascribed to the Cāhamāna king Pṛthvīrāja III, also known as Rai Pithora, who was defeated by Muḥammad Ghūrī. The two enclosures together have long been known as the first city of Delhi of early medieval times. Some points along the Lal-Kot walls and inside it were probed in 1957-8 and 1958-9 by the writer on behalf of the ASI (\*IAR 1957-8\*, p. 24; \*1958-9\*, p. 25) in order to examine the reasons behind the obvious structural differences between the w. and e. flanks of the Lal-Kot rampart walls and also to ascertain if the pre-Sultanate occupational levels could be distinguished from the Sultanate ones. - [Previous: v2.c38.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.93) - [Next: v2.c38.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.95) - [Up: v2.c38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.94) · Pramāṇa