MOHAMMAD SHAH TOMB BADA GUMBAD H

THE TOMB IS OF OCTAGONAL IN SHAPE HAVING AN ARCHED

BADA GUMBAD IS THE PART OF A GROUP OF MONUMENTS THAT
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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
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IN 1444 THE TOMB IS MADE BY ALA-
UD-DIN ALAM SHAH F
FOR MOHAMMAD SHAH
(SAYYID DYNASTY).

TOMB OF SIKANDER LODHI

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IN 1517 THE TOMB IS MADE BY HIS
SON IBRAHIM LODHI R
THE LAST SULTAN OF DELHI C
FROM LODHI DYNASTY.
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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
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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 .
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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
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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
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