Babur is credited with having introduced in Hindustan the Timurid form of ‘char bagh’ , the first such garden having come up in Agra Haji...
Babur is credited with having introduced in Hindustan the Timurid form of ‘char bagh’, the first such garden having come up in Agra
Haji Begum (Humayun’s senior wife) chose Humayun’s last resting place with care; the tomb was located opposite the dargah of the great sufi, Nizamuddin, and not far from Din Panah, the Abode of Faith, a city Humayun founded on the banks of the Yamuna
Humayun’s great-grandson Shahjahan built the lofty Jama Masjid in the city
There was Bagh-e-Jadd, a 13th century garden of bounty where the Sultan used to meet foreign emissaries. What remains of the garden itself now goes by the name of Lodi Garden, which is next to Jor Bagh
Then in the 15th century came the Lodis, and the domes of Sheesh Gumbad and Bada Gumbad.
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