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SUBMITTED BY: ZIA ANWER B.ARCH (4TH YR)

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Introduction
Opened 1570 Architectural style: Mughal architecture Architect: Mirak Mirza Ghiyath Classical Mughal char bagh pattern Islamic paradise gardens
The main tomb took over eight years to build, it was placed in centre of a 30acre Char Bagh Garden, with quadrilateral layout and was the first of its kind in the South Asia region in such a scale. The highly geometrical and enclosed Paradise garden is divided into four squares by paved walkways and two bisecting central water channels. Each of the four square is further divided into smaller squares with pathways, creating into 36 squares in all, a design typical of later Mughal gardens.

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PARADISE GARDEN-CHAHAR BAGH

Charbagh is a rectangular or square enclousure Divided in four Quarters by water channels running in four directions (north, South, east and west) The four main sections are separated by two water channels which bisect at right angles.

The symbolism behind it very strong and relates to the life after death The Quran(xxv.15) describes paradise as a garden of eternity (Arabic jannat al-khuld) with four rivers: of water, milk, wine and

honey.

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The central walkways, terminate at two gates: a main one in the southern wall, and a smaller one in the western wall.

The central water channels appear to be disappearing beneath the tomb structure and reappearing on the other side in a straight line, suggesting the Quranic verse, which talks of rivers flowing beneath the Garden of Paradise

The palm trees have recently been added to the garden for making the pathways junction more appealing.

The entire tomb and the garden is enclosed within high rubble walls on three sides, the fourth side was meant to be the river Yamuna, which has since shifted course away from the structure