#HumayunTombwasDeclaredasaUNESCworldHeritageSite

 Secrets Revealed Humayun Tomb was Declared as a UNESCO world Heritage Site

An excellent example of Mughal architecture in India. It was construct under the command of Hamida Banu Begum, the wife of Mughal Emperor Humayun.

There are more than 100 graves within the entire complex. Several of them are on the first level terrace, known as "Dormitory of the Mughals

It took eight years and Rs 1.5 million to build Humayun's Tomb, which is located in the center of a geometrically arranged garden.

The building introduced the distinctive combination of red sandstone and white marble

 Humayun’s Tomb was designed by a Persian architect, Mirak Mirza Ghiyath.

 It was the first Indian building known as a classic specimen of the double-domed elevation with kiosks on a huge scale.

 The tomb  or architecture has to be an inspiration for some of the major  and word famous architectural innovations, like Taj Mahal.

 This tomb is considered as a first garden-tomb built in the Indian subcontinent.

 The regal grave of Emperor Humayun is surrounded by adjacent rooms that house the tombs of two of Humayun's begums and the later Mughals  Dara Shikoh

 The tomb  of Humayun was built by the orders of Akbar , Humayun's first wife and chief consort, and begun in 1565, nine years after his death, and completed in 1572 AD at a cost of 1.5 million rupes at the time The first plinth that forms the base of the structure is about 1.52 m high. The main plinth for the monument is the second one, which is as high as 6.10 m and has 72 arched cells on all its four sides.

 Humayun's Tomb is crowned with a white dome, surmounted with a spire that is as high as 42.5 meters. The monument rises from two large platforms, one above the other, linked with a flight of stairs.

Humayun’s tomb was charge  by Humayun's wife, Hamida Banu Begum, in 1562 CE

Contrary to Taj Mahal, which a husband built in the memory of his wife, Humayun Tomb was built by a wife, Hamida Banu Begam, for her husband.


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