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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MuhammadGhaus(orGhawth)wasa16thcSufisaintandteacheroftheMughalemperorHumayunaswellasTansen,thefamousmusicianinAkbar’scourt.Thesaint’slargetomb,builtinthe secondhalfofthe16thcduringAkbar’srule,isthemainstructureinthegardencomplexlocated aboutakilometerawayfrom GwaliorFort’smaineasternapproach,andissurroundedbygravesand smallerpaviliontombs,includingthatofTansen.Thetombisbuiltofredsandstone.
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Thearchitectureofmausoleum displaysgreatvarietybothstructuralandaesthetic,developinggraduallyandcoherentlyoutofearliertraditionandexperience.itsparamountvirtuesareseveral“a markedfeelingforform andscale”structuralinventivenessspeciallyindomeconstructionagenius fordecorationandlatticework,withahiddenmysteryandawenotrivaledinanyotherarchitecture Themausoleum restsinthemiddleofalargesquareplinthandhasfouralmostidenticalfacades, eachwithalargearch-shapeddoorway.
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