Humayun's Tomb

Architecture · c. 1565–1572 · Delhi · Asia

India's first garden tomb with a double dome in a charbagh, the prototype of the Taj Mahal

Author: Mirak Mirza Ghiyas
Style: Mughal Art — Persian garden, Timurid dome and Indian stone: paradise symmetry in white marble and red sandstone
Century: 16th century

Made around the same time (±30 years)

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