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02 A - Tughlaq
02 A - Tughlaq
TUGHLAQ DYNASTY
(1321- 1398 )
CITY OF TUGHLAQABAD
Consists of two parts- Citadel & the city
Irregular in plan because of the topography
Rough rectangle of approximately 2200 yards each
way.
For every 4 miles of the walls, there are circular
bastions.
52 gateways with broad ramps for the passage of
elephants.
CITY OF TUGHLAQABAD
CITY OF TUGHLAQABAD
Massive stone masonry
Surrounded by a moat
Fortress consists of casemates, embrasured
galleries, and guarded entrances.
Palace consists of royal residences, the zenana and
halls of audience.
Inverted keyhole
embrasure, allowing
both arrow fire (through
CITY OF TUGHLAQABAD
Some of the rooms have been roofed over with
wooden beams.
Long underground corridor with chambers opening
out of its sides, from which it is possible to pass in
and out of the citadel by means of a postern.
TOMB OF GHIYASUDDIN
TUGHLAQ
TOMB OF GHIYASUDDIN
TUGHLAQ
Standing within an artificial lake
Detached structure but connected with the citadel by an
elevated causeway 250 yards long.
Entrance faced with a graceful doorway, which
constitutes a death-trap to those attempting to force it.
TOMB OF GHIYASUDDIN
TUGHLAQ
Exterior plan is in the form of an irregular pentagon.
Length is less than 300 feet.
Tomb building placed diagonally at its widest part
A position is rendered in order to bring it into correct
orientation with mecca.
Building is of red sandstone with certain portions of
white marble.
TOMB OF GHIYASUDDIN
TUGHLAQ
Outer walls are inclined at an angle of 75 degree.
TOMB OF GHIYASUDDIN
TUGHLAQ
Exterior is having the same character as in Alai Darwaza
with the horse-shoe shaped arch being modified into
tudor outline with slight ogee curve, at the crown.
TOMB OF GHIYASUDDIN
TUGHLAQ
Interior:
single chamber with 30 feet square and light
admitted through three arched openings.
Dome:
supported on 4 squinch arches with the angles
TOMB OF GHIYASUDDIN
TUGHLAQ
Dome:
no empty space between the inner and outer
surfaces.
Pointed or tartar shaped design.
55 feet span & is crowned by a finial.
The chief architectural character of the tomb is the
slope of its walls.
KHIRKI MASJID
KHIRKI MASJID
Built during the reign of Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(1375),situated at Jahanpanah
Whole structure raised on a substructure of arches
Projected entrances approached by fine flights of
steps (resembles Sultan Ghari)
KHIRKI MASJID
Fortress-like appearance
Sloped bastions/exterior
Arch & beam doorway
Designed on a cruciform
plan, produced by the two
main aisles crossing at
right angles
Shaded corridor
KHIRKI MASJID
Interior:
Corner of each supported on a
heavy pier with tudor arches
between
Each bay roofed by a cupshaped dome
Piers are short and thick,
composed of groups of two,
sometimes four plain
monolithic pillars