Mamluk Dynasty
•Qutub Minar – Largest brick minar in the world
•Qutub Complex – Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque
•Both the structures were made by using the material taken from dismantling 20 temples
Khalji Dynasty
•Alauddin Khalji initially developed structures within the qutub complex only
•Alai minar – which is an incomplete structure and was planned to be two times taller than
qutub minar
•Aladi Darwaza (Red Stone and Marble)
•Hauz Qhas – Artificial Lake
Tughlaq
•Ghiyasuddeen Tughlaq
•Mohd. Shah Tughlaq – Shifted capital to south India ( Daulatabad )
•Feroz Shah Tughlaq
•Tughlaqabad city and tombs of ghiyasudden(red stone & marble) and Mohd. Shah
•Feroz Shah Kotla Fort under Feroz Tughlaq
Lodi Dynasty
•Lodi Gardens – Mosque and tombs were built inside the garden premise
•Famous structures – Bada Gumbad - tomb and mosque
•Sheesh Gumbad – Dome made up of Glazed bricks
•Sikandar Lodi tomb
MUGHALS
•Babur – Brought Garden Architecture to India
•Humayun – redeveloped the PURANA QILA premise after defeating Sher Shah Suri and
reconstructed QILA – I – KUHNA mosque
•Sher Mandal was reconstructed by Humayun as a Library
MUGHALS
•Humayun’s tomb - commissioned by his wife BEGA BEGUM. Depicts garden architecture
•Simplistic architecture
•Symmetry in architecture
•Material used - marble and red sandstone
•At the time of Akbar Agra was the first capital and AGRA FORT was built under his rule.
•A new city was established around pivoting Salim Chishti Dargah that is Fatehpur Sikri.
•The Highest gateway of India , BULAND DARWAZA is also a part of the FORT which is the main entrance of the fort.
•Eminent structures of the fort – Panch Mahal, Anoop Talao, Deewan-e-am,Deewan-e-qhas.
•Jahangir introduced much intricacy in architecture.
•Though Akbar’s tomb in Sikandara which was constructed under Jahangir is considered as transitional architectural style.
•The tomb of Itmad-ud-Daulah, father of Nur Mahal, wife of Jehangir is completely made up of marble elaboratory ornamented
•His inclination was much towards painting.
Shah Jahan
•In his era the empire and architecture both flourished to the apex limits
•Taj Mahal which is a symbol of paradise was the most eminent structure of this era.
•TAJ has many adaptation of western style and Indian style which depict serenity and divinity.
•Other major architectural achievement was SHAHJEHANABAD. Which was a walled city and had 16gateways.
•Eminent structure of the city was the fort (RED FORT) which was connected to the JAMA MASJID which was the center of the city.
Aurangzeb
•Shifted Mughal court to Deccan
•Bibi ka Makbara – Aurangzeb’s wide tomb in Aurangabad
•Lahori Masjid (BADSHAHI MASJID) Largest in the subcontinent.
•Moti Masjid in the Red fort Delhi
OTHER FAMOUS STRUCTURE OF INDO-ISLAMIC ERA
SAHAR KI MASJID-CHAMPANER(GUJARAT)
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JAMA MASJID-CHAMPANER(Gujarat)
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KEVDA MASJID-CHAMPANER(GUJARAT)
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HINDOLA MAHAL-MANDU(M.P)
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AHMED SHAH MOSQUE-AHMEDABAD(GUJARAT)
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SIDI SAIYYAD MOSQUE-AHMEDABAD(GUJARAT)
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JAMA MASJID-AHMEDABAD
also known as jumma mosque
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DADA HARIR VAV(STEP WELL)-AHMEDABAD
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GOL GUMBAZ-BIJAPUR
largest dome in india-44m diameter
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MOTI MASJID-BHOPAL
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TAJ-UL-MASAJID(BHOPAL)
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DAULATABAD FORT -MAHARASHTRA
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JAHAZ MAHAL-MANDU(M.P)
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NAGINA MAJID-CHAMPANER(GUJARAT)
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