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Mughal architecture
1. Mughal architecture is an amalgamation of Islamic, Persian and Indian architecture. 2. The architecture of the Mughal dynasty reflects their love for poetry, personality and other artistic inclinations. 3. Mughal architecture has its origin in the religion of Islam. 4. The concepts apparent in Islam like power, pleasure and death are reflected in the forts, durbars, mosques, tombs, gardens and so on. 5. The Mughal architecture can be divided into two sections: Early and Later Mughal architecture.
Early Mughal Architecture 1. Mughal architecture came into prominence and gained reputation with the rule of Babur who was the first Mughal emperor in India in 1526. 2. Babur`s victory over Ibrahim Lodi, initiated the erection of a mosque at Panipat succeeded by another called the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya. 3. The Maqbara in Vadodara is an example of the early Mughal architecture. 4. Early Mughal architecture relied on post-and-beam construction and scarcely used arches. 5. Some great forts and palaces of the early Mughal period can be traced in the reign of Akbar (1556-1605) in Agra Mausoleum to Humayun is another important signifier of the early architecture of the Mughals.
Fatehpur Sikri
Itimad-ud-Daula
Shalimar Gardens
Humayun`s tomb
Red Fort
Fort at Agra
Shahjahanabad
10. Extensive use of tile work, the iwan as a central feature in mosques, the garden, divided into four and the four-centre point arch and the use of domes are the features borrowed from the Persian architecture. 11. The Mughal Architecture can be termed as the Indo-Islamic architecture. 12. Hindu architecture was modified and elements of spaciousness, immensity and extent were incorporated by the Mughal architecture. 13. The kalash on top of the Hindu temple was borrowed and replaced by a dome. 14. Exquisite monuments like the Taj Mahal, Qutub Minar, Alai Darwaza, Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque, Vitthala temple, Tughlaqabad Fort, Kirti Stambha, Fatehpur Sikri, Agra Fort, Red Fort have glorified India. 15. The entire Mughal architecture is an excellent combination of various local and foreign characteristics, which associates it universally with many distinct forms of architecture. 16. These are also a source of inspiration to many other forms of architecture with different cultural background.
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