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This dome from the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque appears under the eastern entrance to the mosque. This is another dome reassembled from Hindu and Jain temple parts. This dome is notable for the four lion faces at the four corners which were not defaced, unlike most other visible human and animal sculptures in the mosque. (Image: Sahapedia)

Quwwat-Ul-Islam mosque is notable for a profusion of Hindu and Jain temple motifs which appear in the architecture of the various assembled parts of temples which once stood in the Qila Rai Pithora citadel during the Chauhan and Tomar periods. This radial floral design is part of a canopy now located behind the western screen wall.(Image: Sahapedia)

Literally meaning ‘might of Islam’, the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque was built by the first Sultan of the Mamluk dynasty, Qutubuddin Aibak, in 1192. (Image: Sahapedia)

Alauddin Khalji built a large Hauz (tank) outside the fortified city, Siri. This was restored by Firoz Shah Tughlaq who built a madarsa complex along its eastern and southern edges, and it came to be known as Hauz Khas (‘royal tank’). He built his own mausoleum in the same complex, integrated with the madarsa. Though the exterior of the tomb is austere, the interior of the dome has beautiful incised stucco work, and a prominent eight-pointed star with medallions incised with verses from the Quran and Hadith.(Image: Sahapedia)

Humayun’s Tomb is the first major mausoleum built by the Mughals in India and the first to adopt the Persian ‘charbagh’ layout of gardens that was to become the leitmotif of subsequent Mughal architecture. Commissioned by Humayun’s son Akbar and designed by Persian architect Mirak Mirza Ghiyas, the tomb is built chiefly with red sandstone and white marble. The marble and stone inlay ornamentation used in numerous geometrical and arabesque patterns came to influence the Taj Mahal and Safdarjung’s Tomb.(Image: Sahapedia)

This beautifully painted ceiling is in the sanctum of the temple in Naughara Street, Kinari Bazaar off Chandni Chowk. It is one of the many Jain temples of Shahjahanabad. Small, but exquisitely detailed, they were built by Jain merchants and bankers who served as financiers to the Mughals and later the British. Built in the late 18th century, the temple shows influences from Mughal architecture. The ceiling has depictions of dancers, musicians and women dressed in fine garments and jewellery.(Image: Sahapedia)

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