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Importance Of Mughal Architecture

Although  all  Mughal  rulers  except  Aurangzeb have taken   great  interest  in  architecture, Shah  Jahan  surpasses everything   in  the  field  of  architecture. There is no denying that architecture achieved the height of its glory during the Shah Jahan period. Shah Jahan (1627-1658) experienced a magnificent explosion of action in the growth of architecture. The  Mughal  building shave   a  uniform style ,   both  in design   and  character.  The  main  features  of  the  Mughal  architecture  are  the  bulbous  domes,  the  slender  minarets  with  four  corner  cupolas,  the wide rooms ,   the huge   vaulted  gateways  and  the  delicate ornamentation  Mughal  architecture  is  the  distinctive...
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Lahore Fort

Lahore Fort is one of the famous tourist attraction in Lahore , Pakistan . It is a massive structure spreading over 20 hectares , it is situated in the north of the walled city of Lahore . it was build in 1566. It has many notable monuments which dated back to the reign of Akbar.   the  site  of  the  Lahore  Fort  has  been occupied   for  millennia ,  the  first mention   of  the  fortified  structure  at  the  site  was  the  mud-brick  fort  of  the  11th  century. The beginnings   of  the current   Lahore  Fort  date back   to  1566  during  the  reign  of  Emperor  Akbar,  who  conferred   on  the  fort  a  syncretic  architectural  style  that incorporated   both  Islamic  and   Hindu ...
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Making of Qutb Minar

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The  Qutb Minar , also spelled as  Qutab Minar  or  Qutub Minar , is a  minaret  that forms part of the  Qutb complex , a  UNESCO   World Heritage Site  in the  Mehrauli  area of  Delhi ,  India . Qutb Minar is a seventy two feet tall tower in Delhi built by Qutb ud din Aibek in 1200s Qutb Minar is a 73-metre (239.5 feet) tall tapering tower of five stories, with a 14.3 metres (47 feet) base diameter, reducing to 2.7 metres (9 feet) at the top of the peak.  It contains a spiral staircase of 379 steps. Qutubuddin  Aibak , founder of the  Delhi Sultanat e, started construction of the Qutb Minar's first storey around 1199. In 1220, Aibak's successor and son-in-law  Shamsuddin Iltutmish  completed a further three storeys. In 1369, a lightning strike destroyed the top storey Qutb Minar was established along with  Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque  around 1192 by  Qutb-ud-din Aibak...
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Mughal architecture

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Mughal architecture Mughal Architecture  is the type of  Indo-Islamic architecture  developed by the  Mughals  in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries throughout the ever-changing extent of their empire in the  Indian subcontinent . It developed the styles of earlier Muslim dynasties in India as an amalgam of  Islamic ,  Persian , Turkish and  Indian architecture . Mughal buildings have a uniform pattern of structure and character, including large bulbous domes, slender minarets at the corners, massive halls, large vaulted gateways, and delicate ornamentation. Examples of the style can be found in modern-day India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.
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