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  2. Mughal architecture - Wikipedia

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    Mughal gardens are gardens built by the Mughals in the Islamic style. This style was influenced by Persian gardens. They are built in the char bagh structure, which is a quadrilateral garden layout based on the four gardens of Paradise mentioned in the Qur'an. This style is intended to create a representation of an earthly utopia in which ...

  3. Humayun's Tomb - Wikipedia

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    Yet further away from the tomb complex, lie Mughal-period monuments, Bada Bateshewala Mahal, the tomb of Muzaffar Husain Mirza, the grand nephew of Humayun, built 1603–04 on platform with five arches on each side, has its interior walls decorated with incised and painted plaster; the Chote Bateshewala Mahal once an arcaded octagonal building ...

  4. Category : Buildings and structures of the Mughal Empire

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    Pages in category "Buildings and structures of the Mughal Empire" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.

  5. List of tombs of Mughal Empire - Wikipedia

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    Mughal tombs are a set of tombs built by various ruling in Mughal Emperors. All of them have marked influence from Iranian Timurid forms. The Mughal dynasty was established after the victory of Babur at Panipat in 1526. During his five-year reign, Babur took considerable interest in erecting buildings, though few have survived.

  6. Shah Jahan period architecture - Wikipedia

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    In itself, Mughal architecture has a profound legacy, and as Asher notes, “the symbolic content of Mughal architecture peaks under Shah Jahan.” [17] This highlights the prominence of this period of architecture throughout not only India, but neighbouring Pakistan, where the Lahore temple is located.

  7. Tomb of Jahangir - Wikipedia

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    The Tomb of Asif Khan, built-in 1645, and the Akbari Sarai, built-in 1637, are located immediately west of Jahangir's tomb complex, and the three form an ensemble oriented on an east-west axis. The last of the Shahdara Bagh monuments, the tomb of Jahangir's wife Nur Jahan is located slightly southwest of Asif Khan's tomb.

  8. This monument stood for hundreds of years before vandals ...

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    An act of vandalism at an 18th century monument built by the once powerful Mughal empire has sparked anger in India, with historians urging authorities to provide better protection for the country ...

  9. Zafar Mahal (Mehrauli) - Wikipedia

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    Zafar Mahal, is the ruined summer palace of the last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar II. The Moghul dynasty, which started with the first Mughal Emperor Babur who conquered Delhi in 1526 AD ended after 332 years when on 7 October 1858 the last Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar II (1837–1857) was tried for treason by the British and deported to Rangoon, Burma, now Myanmar from the imperial city ...