Mughal Period Architecture

Important Features

  • Both red and white sandstone were employed.
  • Jali-latticed screens and Parchin Kari ornamental work are two instances of fine ornamentation craftsmanship.
  • Gardens surround gorgeous structures on all four sides.
  • Huge courtyard mosques are fairly common.
  • Quranic passages inscribed in calligraphic form in Persian and Arabic.
  • A number of substantial gateways lead to the main building.
  • Iwans are present on two or four sides.
  • The usage of decorative chhatris.
  • There are Jalis and Jharokhas.

Architecture During the reign of different Mughal Rulers

Babar

  • Mosque at Kabuli Bagh at Panipat and Jami Masjid at Sambhal near Delhi, both constructed in 1526, are the surviving monuments of ....
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