The tomb is of octagonal shape built from quartzite stone. It has an arched verandah surrounding the central octagonal chamber which is 15m wide. The shape of the chamber transitions from an eight-sided octagon to a sixteen-sided hexadecagon, with sixteen sides forming a circular dome above. Badshahi Mosque was built in the late 16th century by Mughal Emperor Akbar, and is one of the largest mosques in India.
The tomb is of octagonal shape built from quartzite stone. It has an arched verandah surrounding the central octagonal chamber which is 15m wide. The shape of the chamber transitions from an eight-sided octagon to a sixteen-sided hexadecagon, with sixteen sides forming a circular dome above. Badshahi Mosque was built in the late 16th century by Mughal Emperor Akbar, and is one of the largest mosques in India.
The tomb is of octagonal shape built from quartzite stone. It has an arched verandah surrounding the central octagonal chamber which is 15m wide. The shape of the chamber transitions from an eight-sided octagon to a sixteen-sided hexadecagon, with sixteen sides forming a circular dome above. Badshahi Mosque was built in the late 16th century by Mughal Emperor Akbar, and is one of the largest mosques in India.
THE TOMB IS OF OCTAGONAL IN SHAPE HAVING AN ARCHED
BADA GUMBAD IS THE PART OF A GROUP OF MONUMENTS THAT I VERANDAH SURROUNDS THE CENTRAL OCTAGONAL CHAMBER WHICH IS 15m WIDE . INCLUDE A FRIDAY MOSQUE (JAMA MASJID) AND THE MEHMAN HOUSE) FOR SIKANDER LODHI. KHANNA (GUEST S THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TOMB IS DONE BY QUARTZITE BADA GUMBAD IS THE FIRST EXAMPLE IN DELHI T OF THE FULL DOME THAT IS A DOME WHICH IS TIMELINE :- STONE. STANDS ON A HIGH PLATFORM. COMPLETE SEMI -CIRCLE . O THE SHAPE OF THE CHAMBER FROM THE WALL OF THE BADA GUMBAD ARE 12M TALL ABOUT WHICH 14M OF THE EIGHT SIDED OCTAGON TO SIXTEEN SIDED HEXA-DECAGON. HEMISPHERICAL DOME OF THE BUILDING IS 29M ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. R SIXTEEN SIDES THEN FORM A CIRCULAR DOME ABOUT THE Y SOFIT OF WHICH WITH INCISED DTUCCO PLASTER . THE DOME OF THE BUILDING IS LARGE 10M DIA. EACH THE OCTAGONAL SIDE HAS A THREE ARCH OPENINGS, BORDERED BY INCLINED COLUMNS AT EACH CORNER. MOHAMMOD SHAHS TOMB O IN 1444 THE TOMB IS MADE BY ALA- UD-DIN ALAM SHAH F FOR MOHAMMAD SHAH (SAYYID DYNASTY).
TOMB OF SIKANDER LODHI
A IN 1517 THE TOMB IS MADE BY HIS SON IBRAHIM LODHI R THE LAST SULTAN OF DELHI C FROM LODHI DYNASTY. H I T FRIDAY MOSQUE IS A SINGLE AISLED ,RECTANGULAR E BADA GUMBAD BUILDING APPROX 30m(NORTH-SOUTH)AND 8m (EAST-WEST) MAIN OPENING OF THE MOSQUE ARE OF 5m WIDE WHILE C IN 1490 BUILT TO SIKANDER AT THE TWO ENDS ARE 2.5m T LODHI MEHMAN KHANA MEHMAN KHANNA (GUEST HOUSE) RRECTANFULAR PLAN MEASURING U CONSTRUCTED BY LODHI 27m (NORTH-SOUTH) 7m (EAST-WEST) DYNASTY AREA OF BARA INTERIOR HAS 3 CHAMBERS CENTRAL R GUMBAD IS 361 sqm. ONE IS LARGEST OF 5m OTHER ARE 2.5m EACH. E SIKANDER LODHI TOMB RED SANDSTONE HAS BEEN USED IN THE SPANDRELS OF THE THE TOMB IS THE ENTERED THROUGH AN ELABORATE ARCHES. GATEWAY COMPLETE WITH A RAISED FORECOURT TO L THE SOUTH WERE TOO STANDING CHHATRIES 2m x 2m SHISHA GUMBAD GIVE THE COMPLEX A DISTINCT APPEARANCE . O THE LAST LINEAGE OF THE LODHI RUINED CHHATRI WITH REMAINS OF TILES WORK AT D ENTRANCE DYNASTY CONSTRUCTED HIS TOMB IS SET IN A GARDEN SURROUNDED BY AN H ELABORATE ENCLOSURE , ABOUT 76 m SQUARES , WITH BETWEEN 1489-1517 FOR THE FAMILY OF BAHLUL LODHI OF LODHI WALLS 3.5 m . I DYNASTY THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WESTERN WALL HAS BEEN BUILT SO AS TO FUNCTION AS A WALL MOSQUE , WITH THE QIBLA (DIRECTION OF PRAYERS ) INDICATING G THROUGH ARCHES AND A PAVED AREA IN THE FRONT THE OCTAGONAL TOMB IS QUITE SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE A TO MOHAMMAD SHAHS TOMB EXCEPT THE MISSING R CHATTRIES ON THE ROOF TOPIC :- LODHI GARDEN , DELHI D PREPARED BY :- ANURAG & SHREE NATH E SUBJECT TEACHER :- KUSHAL SIR & RITU MAN N