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Mughal Architecture

The chapter Mughal Architecture of Class 6 includes important topics like Chahar bagh Garden Style, Tomb Architecture, Fort Architecture, Pietra Dura etc.

Chahar bagh Garden Style:

  • In his autobiography, Babur described his interest in planning and laying out formal gardens, placed within rectangular walled enclosures and divided into four quarters by artificial channels.
  • These gardens were called chahar bagh, four gardens, because of their symmetrical division into quarters.
The chahar bagh in Humayun’s Tomb : Unacademy
The chahar bagh in Humayun’s tomb, Delhi, 1562-1571