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Humayun Birbal Mahal Jami Masjid Hathi Pole Buland
Darwaza and Mausoleum of Sheikh Salim Chishti.
Humayun too could not get much time for
construction activities. He constructed his palace Info Bits
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in Din Panah which was destroyed by Sher Shah
Suri, while his two mosques at Agra and Fatehpur Sikri is a World Heritage site. There is a
Fatehabad are no good specimens of architecture.
legend that a tunnel from here stretches to Delhi and
Sher Shah Suri from there to Lahore and on the other end to Agra.
Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun and came to Jahangir
the throne. He paid more attention to the building Jahangir was more interested in painting than in
of roads. His Mausoleum at Sasaram is a fine
architecture, but he maintained the buildings built
example of mixed
by his father. He laid several gardens. In Agra, the
styles of Hindu and Mausoleum of Itmad-ud-daula, father of Nur Jahan
Muslim architecture. It
is a fine piece of Mughal architecture.
is built in the middle of
a lake. He also built the Aurangzeb
Purana Qila at Delhi Aurangzeb had no taste for fine arts including
which is now in ruins. architecture. Therefore, no good buildings were
He has also built some constructed during his
other buildings at Sher Shah Suri’s Mausoleum rule. The Tomb of
Sasaram. in Sasaram Rabia Daurani (Bibi ka
Akbar Maqbara) in
Aurangabad, which
The first building
Aurangzeb built for his
during Akbar’s rule was wife, is a poor imitation
the Humayun’s Tomb of the Taj Mahal.
at Delhi. Akbar
undertook the Quiz Time Bibi Ka Maqbara in Aurangabad
construction of a Write True or False :
number of buildings,
such as the forts at 1. Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun and came to
Agra , Allahabad and Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi the throne. __________
Lahore and many buildings within these forts. 2. The Mughal rulers were interested in fine arts,
However, his finest buildings are located at including architecture. __________
Fatehpur Sikri near Agra. Red sandstone was used 3. The Tomb of Rabia Daurani was built by
for these buildings and the mixed style was freely Jahangir. __________
used. Some of the magnificent buildings at
Fatehpur Sikri are Diwan-i-aam , Diwan-i-khas , 4. The first building during Babur’s rule was the
Humayun’s Tomb at Delhi. __________
Panch Mahal , Jodha Bai Mahal Miriam Mahal ,
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Case Study : Shah Jahan
Mughal architecture reached its perfection during
the reign of Shah Jahan. Not only this, its style
and spirit also underwent a change. While the
buildings of Akbar’s time were simplistic and grand
in style, those of Shah Jahan’s time were pretty.
Red sandstone was replaced by marble; carvings
Sheikh Salim Chishti Jodhabai Mahal in were done on a large scale and expensive colours
Fatehpur Sikri Fatehpur Sikri
The Medieval Architecture
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