THE GREAT
Akbar (15 October 1542– 27 October 1605)
One of the three person to have a suffix of ‘THE GREAT’
to his name.
LAHORE FORT
PAKISTAN
1 - Lahore Fort Paint Wall (built
1624-32)
2- Shah Burj Quadrangle
3- Kala Burj Tower
4- Lal Burj Tower
5- Mosque
6- Khilawat Khana
7- Shah Jahan Quadrangle
8- Jahangir Quadrangle
9- Hathi Paer Stairs
10- Stables
(not part of original design )
11 - Alamgiri Gate
12- Moti Masjid
13- Maktab Khana
14- Diwan-i Amm Hall
15- Akbari Gate
AGRA FORT
UTTAR PRADESH
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JHANGIRI MAHAL
AGRA FORT
Intricate Hindu and Islamic motifs.
With a complex arrangement of halls, courtyards and
galleries, with dungeons underneath, this was
the zenana or main harem.
Allahabad Fort
Prayagraj,Uttar Pradesh
Fatehpur Sikri
Agra
3 kilometres (1.9 mi) in length and 1 km (0.62 mi) wide
Palace city is surrounded by a 6 km (3.7 mi) wall on
three sides with the fourth bordered by a lake.
Jama Masjid
It is 55 metres (180 ft) high
Victory arch, to commemorate Akbar's successful
Gujarat campaign
Tomb of Salim
Chishti
The door to the main chamber is intricately carved
with arabesque patterns
Pierced screens like this
beautiful jali provide light, air, and
privacy to the rooms they enclose.
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Details of geometrical sandstone and marble pietra
dura inlay patterns over the entrance iwan or high arc,
and the chhatris and small minarets that surround the
white marble central dome
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The symbolically cut out mihrab
facing west or Mecca, over the
marble lattice jali screen
The building was first to use its
unique combination of red
sandstone and white marble, and
includes several elements
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or chhatris surrounding the
central dome, popular
in Rajasthani architecture.
Char Bagh
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