Mughal Buildings in India

Mughal Buildings in India :: List of Mughal Emperors

Famous Mughal Buildings :

Babar : Built two mosques: one at Kabulibagh in Panipat and the other in Sambhal in Rohilkhand.

Buildings in Humayun Empire :

Laid the foundation of the city Din Panah at Delhi.
Built Jamali Mosque and the Mosque of Isa Khan at Delhi.
Humayun’s tomb is called the prototype of Taj Mahal. It was built by his widow Haji Begum.

Akbar Buildings :

Built Agra fort (in red sandstone).
He also built Fatehpur Sikri (city of victory) near Agra. In Fatehpur Sikri are the Panch Mahal, Diwan-I-Khas, Diwan-I-Aam, Jodhabai’s palace and Sheikh Salim Chishti’s tomb. Buland Darwaza (53 m high) is located here, commemorating the emperor’s conquest of Gujarat.
Built his own tomb at Sikandra, near Agra.
Built the temple of Govindadeva at Vrindavan.

Buildings in Jahangir Mughal Empire :

With Jahangir’s reign, the practice of putting up buildings in marble and decorating the walls with floral designs made of semi-precious stones started. This method of decoration was known as Pietra Dura.
Nurjahan built the tomb of Itmad-ud-Daula at Agra.
Jahangir built Moti Masjid at Lahore and his own mausoleum at Shahdara (Lahore).

Shahjahan Architecture :

Built Taj Mahal, Moti Masjid at Agra, Jama Masjid and Red Fort at Delhi, Shalimar Bagh at Lahore and city of Shahjahanabad.
Also built Mussaman Burz at Agra (where he spent his last years in captivity), Sheesh Mahal, etc.
He got the peacock throne built by Bebadal Khan on which Amir Khusrau’s couplet – ‘If there is a paradise on earth, it is here’, inscribed on it.

Aurangzeb Architecture :