Mehrauli Archaeological Park
A hundred monuments spanning a thousand years in one wooded park, most of them unlabelled and unvisited.
- Where
- New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 28.5205, 77.1855
Get the Mehrauli Archaeological Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Mehrauli Archaeological Park. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Delhi volume with your photos and a note.
Near Mehrauli Archaeological Park
Rajon ki Baoli 0.2 km
A Lodi period stepwell in Mehrauli, named for the masons who later lived in it rather than for a king.
Qutub Minar 0.4 km
Seventy-three metres of carved sandstone begun in 1193, still the tallest brick minaret anywhere.
Adham Khan's Tomb 0.4 km
The Bhool Bhulaiyaa on the Mehrauli road.
Qila Rai Pithora 1.8 km
Lal Kot, the earliest of Delhi's cities, whose walls still run through the ground around the Qutb.
Khirki Masjid 3.6 km
A fourteenth century mosque with a roof over most of it and latticed windows for the name.
Hauz Khas Complex 3.9 km
A royal reservoir, a madrasa and a tomb around a lake dug in the thirteenth century to water a new city.
Barakhamba 3.9 km
A Tughlaq tomb in Delhi whose name simply counts its pillars, twelve of them.
Sultan Ghari 5.0 km
The first Islamic tomb built in India, raised in 1233 for Iltutmish's eldest son.
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Questions
Where is Mehrauli Archaeological Park?
Mehrauli Archaeological Park is in New Delhi, Delhi. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Rajon ki Baoli (0.2 km), Qutub Minar (0.4 km), Adham Khan's Tomb (0.4 km).
How do I get the Mehrauli Archaeological Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Mehrauli Archaeological Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Delhi volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Mehrauli Archaeological Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Delhi volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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