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TOMBOFMOHAMMAD GHAUSAND TANSEN

EVOLUTI ON AND HI STORY

ARCHI TECTURALFEATURES TOMBOFMUHAMMAD GHAUS

Bui l ti naf or m ofs quar ewi t hhex agonalt ower s .Sur mount edbys mal ldomesati t sc or ner s .Enc l os edon al ls i desby c ar v eds t onel at t i c es .Thel ar gec ent r al domeoft hes ai nt ’ st ombt opst heac t ualenc l os ed andwal l edl ar ges i ngl er oom t hathous est het omb, andt hes ur r oundi ngs t r uc t ur ei smor el i k eav er andahwi t hj aal i s( per f or at eds t ones c r eens ) ,whi c h gi v est hes t r uc t ur eal ar ger“ enc l os ed”appear anc e t hani tac t ual l yhas .Thec ent r aldomewi t hf our s mal lc hat t r i s( domedpav i l i ons )r es t i ngonapr omi nentr ec t angul arbas e.

ZAMAMASZI D ( t hepl ac eofwor s hi poft he Mus l i ms .I ti st hepl ac et o of f erpr ay er sorNamaz ) MOHAMMAD GHAUS AND MUGHALGARDENS TANSEN TOMB ( 18C)( WI TH

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MOHAMMAD GHAUS

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TOMBOFBAHU SAHEBA

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Themos tor i gi nalf eat ur eoft hemuhammadghaust omb i nt er msofi t s pl anni ngwast omov et hemaus ol eum bac kf r om t hec ent eroft hec har bagh t of ur t hes tedget os y mbol i z eas ens e ofs c al eandgr andeur .Theov er al l pl anoft het ombofghaus i sas quar e wi t hf ourc hamf er edc or ner s ,whi c h c r eat et heei ghts i desofani r r egul ar oc t agon.

TOMBOFMOHAMMAD GHAUS A

BACKENTRANCE

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INTRODUCTION

MuhammadGhaus(orGhawth)wasa16thcSufisaintandteacheroftheMughalemperorHumayunaswellasTansen,thefamousmusicianinAkbar’scourt.Thesaint’slargetomb,builtinthe secondhalfofthe16thcduringAkbar’srule,isthemainstructureinthegardencomplexlocated aboutakilometerawayfrom GwaliorFort’smaineasternapproach,andissurroundedbygravesand smallerpaviliontombs,includingthatofTansen.Thetombisbuiltofredsandstone.

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HEXAGONAL FRONT TOWER

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Thearchitectureofmausoleum displaysgreatvarietybothstructuralandaesthetic,developinggraduallyandcoherentlyoutofearliertraditionandexperience.itsparamountvirtuesareseveral“a markedfeelingforform andscale”structuralinventivenessspeciallyindomeconstructionagenius fordecorationandlatticework,withahiddenmysteryandawenotrivaledinanyotherarchitecture Themausoleum restsinthemiddleofalargesquareplinthandhasfouralmostidenticalfacades, eachwithalargearch-shapeddoorway.

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1.Domeons qui nc hes . edome.(Adoubl edomei sbui l toft wo 2.Doubl l ay er s .Ther ei sonel ay eri ns i dewhi c hpr ov i des c ei l i ngt ot hei nt er i oroft hebui l di ng.Theot her l ay eri st heout eronewhi c hc r ownst hebui l di ngs .Thedev i c esofdoubl edomeenabl et he c ei l i ngi ns i det obepl ac edl owerandI nbet t er r el at i ont ot heI nt er i ors pac ei tc ov er s ) .

3.Mor t arj oi nt .

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ELEVATI ON

ARCHITECTURALFEATURES

STONELATTI CEJALI

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1.Stonel atti cej aal i ’ s.

2.Charbaghgardens.

3.Hexagonaldomedki osksati tscornerstogetherwi th sl opi ngeavesthatproj ectfrom exteri or ,featuresboth takenfrom theHi nduarchi tecturaltradi ti on.

4.Neckoftombi scoveredbyawal loverwhi charepl aced agreatseri esofki osks/chhatri s.

5.Useoftheni ne-fol dhasht-bi hi st’ spl ani nthecompl ex.

6.Thedomei sl argeandal i ttl efl attenedascomparedtothe otherIsl ami ctombsthatyouseei nthesubconti nent.