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INDEX 1. About
2. Entrance
3. Minarets
4. Mosque
5. Mausoleum
6. Interior
7. Water Channels
8. Char Bagh
9. Materials
10.Structural Changes
About
Location: Maharashtra,
Aurangabad" Construction
Timeline:1651-1661
Style Of Architecture: Mughal
Architecture ( Tomb Architecture &
Mughal Garden (Charbagh)
Constructed By: Azam Shah
Ownership: Archeological survey
of India
ENTRANCE
▪ Southern side is occupied
by main entrance, enclosed
by folding door.
▪ Entrance is in the
hexagonal form
ornamented with minarets
▪ The high enclosure wall
with bastions at regular
intervals are provided to
cut down the monotony
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MINARETS
▪ Each minaret has gallery
about midway .
▪ While another gallery
forms the hexagonal base
crowned with dome.
▪There are staircase passes
up the minaret.
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MOSQUE ▪ Mosque is found to
the west of the
structure.
▪ Mosque was later
addition to the
structure by Nizams of
Hyderabad.
▪ The interior contains
a row of pillars with
corresponding pilasters.
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MAUSOLEU
M ■ The mausoleum is built on a high
square platform of polished red
porphyritic trap.
■ The flight of steps descends from the
platform towards the tomb.
■Tomb is situated on ground floor.
■ Entrance of mausoleum is from first
floor.
■ Marble domes rises above with four
minarets.
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WATER CHANNELS
▪ Charbagh was divided with paved
pathways & water channels
▪ Traditional four irrigation canals at
the center had been employed
▪ Water enters the garden by a
chaddar
▪ Tanks, Fountains, Wells is the key
element of garden
▪ Water are lifted up by pumps
▪ Perennial water sources are there
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INTERIOR
▪ This entrance leads into a
gallery running round the interior,
which looks down upon the tomb.
▪ Windows were carved with
marble trellis and floral patterns
▪ A soft and solemn light streams
through the apertures of marble
tracery
▪ The floor inside is paved with
white marble
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CHARBAGH
WATER CHANNELS
MINARET
CELLING
DOME
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Jali work on the
mosque.
Arches inside Arches inside the tomb.
the mosque.
Floral designs on
marble, as seen on
the tomb's interior
walls.
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CHARBAGH
▪ As per the Mughal
architecture, the garden in
which the monument exists
is divided into four parts
and is called Charbagh.
▪ The garden increases the
beauty of the monument
due to its symmetry and
layout.
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MATERIALS
▪ Mausoleum Was In
Marbles.
▪ Mausoleum rest on
platform is of Red
Porphyritic Trap.
▪ The pavements are
ornamented with
geometrical patterns.
▪ Magnificent marble dome
rises above.
▪ Four little chattris with
corresponding minarets are
in marble.
▪ Floriated Decorations
Over A Scalloped Arch And
Over The Pillars.
▪ Doors which are covered
with a running foliage
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STRUCTURAL CHANGES
▪ One minaret is restored
totally.
▪ Chemical treatments are
used to stop the structure
from getting damage.
▪ It includes:21 materials
such as jute, jaggery, mica,
sugar, lime ,etc.
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COMPARISION
TAJ MAHAL BIBI KA MAQBARA
1. Taj mahal has 3 1.Bibi-ka-maqbara has 1
entrances. entrance.
2.Musoleum is at the 2.Musoleum is at the
end. center.
3.Char bagh is infront of 3.Mousoleum is
the Musoleum. surrounded from all side
4.Proportions and ratios by char bagh.
are based on golden 4.Proportions and ratios
ratios. are not based on golden
ratios. therfore known
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as bad replica of Taj
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BIBI KA MAQBARA
TAJ MAHAL
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