Introduction:
Humayun's Tomb
Humayun's tomb is a complex of buildings of Mughal architecture
located in Nizamuddin east, New Delhi. In time of Slave Dynasty
this land was under the KiloKheri Fort which was capital of
Sultan Kequbad S/o Nasiruddin(1268-1287 AD). Built with a
cost of one and a half million rupees, the monument heralded
the construction of garden-tombs on the Indian subcontinent.
The complex is a World Heritage Site and the first example
of this type of Mughal architecture in India. This style of
mausoleum was the same that created the Taj Mahal in Agra.
The Humayun's Tomb was a landmark in establishing some of
the essential norms for later Mughal mausoleums in India.
The tomb can be compared with the mausoleums of Timur and
Bibi Khanam at Samarqand. It is set in the middle of a geometrically
arranged garden. In Islam, there is a concept that paradise
or jannat is a place set somewhere in the middle of the garden
with water flowing through the. It is called the Char Bagh
as the entire garden is divided into four parts. Built in
the mid 16th century by Haji Begum, senior wife of Humayun,
the second Mughal emperor, Humayun's Tomb is an early example
of Mughal architecture built in Delhi. A rose petal sandstone
mausoleum built in proper Mughal style is a beautiful memorial
to the poet king. Octagonal in shape, raised on a plinth,
with double domes, high arches, laid in the centre of a large
walled enclosure, the monument is an imposing structure. A
baradari (pavilion) occupies the centre of the eastern wall
and a hamam (bath chamber) the centre of northern wall. Approached
from four sides by paved stone paths which divide the garden
into four squares, the mausoleum also has the distinction
of having several of the Mughal rulers buried here. The tomb
stands majestically at the center of the enclosure and rises
from a platform faced with a series of cells with arched openings.
The complex of Humayun's Tomb contains many small monuments.
Chief among them are black-and-yellow marble tomb of Humayun's
wife and the tomb of Humayun's barber. |
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