Famous Mughal Buildings :
Babar : Built two mosques: one at Kabulibagh in Panipat and the other in Sambhal in Rohilkhand.
Buildings in Humayun Empire :
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Laid the foundation of the city Din Panah at Delhi.
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Built Jamali Mosque and the Mosque of Isa Khan at Delhi.
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Humayun’s tomb is called the prototype of Taj Mahal. It was built by his widow Haji Begum.
Akbar Buildings :
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Built Agra fort (in red sandstone).
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He also built Fatehpur Sikri (city of victory) near Agra. In Fatehpur Sikri are the Panch Mahal, Diwan-I-Khas, Diwan-I-Aam, Jodhabai’s palace and Sheikh Salim Chishti’s tomb. Buland Darwaza (53 m high) is located here, commemorating the emperor’s conquest of Gujarat.
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Built his own tomb at Sikandra, near Agra.
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Built the temple of Govindadeva at Vrindavan.
Buildings in Jahangir Mughal Empire :
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With Jahangir’s reign, the practice of putting up buildings in marble and decorating the walls with floral designs made of semi-precious stones started. This method of decoration was known as Pietra Dura.
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Nurjahan built the tomb of Itmad-ud-Daula at Agra.
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Jahangir built Moti Masjid at Lahore and his own mausoleum at Shahdara (Lahore).
Shahjahan Architecture :
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Built Taj Mahal, Moti Masjid at Agra, Jama Masjid and Red Fort at Delhi, Shalimar Bagh at Lahore and city of Shahjahanabad.
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Also built Mussaman Burz at Agra (where he spent his last years in captivity), Sheesh Mahal, etc.
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He got the peacock throne built by Bebadal Khan on which Amir Khusrau’s couplet – ‘If there is a paradise on earth, it is here’, inscribed on it.
Aurangzeb Architecture :
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Built Moti Masjid at Delhi and Badshahi Mosque at Lahore.
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Built Bibi ka Makbara in Aurangabad.