Ghiyath al-Din Tughlaq's Tomb In Delhiの写真素材

Ghiyath al Din Tughluq Shah I (r. 1320-1325) was the first Tughluq ruler who, upon succeeding the Khaljis, established the Tughluqabad Fort on the southeastern side of the Qutb complex in old Delhi. Built during his lifetime, his tomb is a fortress-like complex, constructed on an (now-dry) artificial lake, which separates the tomb from the Tughluqabad Fort. A 229-meter-long causeway, supported by 26 arched piers, crosses the lake to connect the tomb to the fort. Water also added a dimension to the paradise imagery in tomb architecture, a theme that would be carried on from the Tughluq tombs to reach its height with Mughal architecture. The tomb complex has an oblique pentagonal plan with a battlement perimeter wall supporting conical bastions at each angle. Measuring 11.75 meters in height, the perimeter wall inclines inwards and has a continuous crenellated parapet. One enters the court through a strategically staggered, decorated entrance gate. Arched corridors and vaulted chambers run along the interior side of the court perimeter wall. Placed diagonally within the court, the tomb itself is constructed of rubble masonry, unadorned on its exterior and faced with red sandstone and a white marble decorative course on the interior. Square in plan, its battered walls are massive: the interior tomb walls measure 11.74 meters in length (18.74 meters on the exterior), with an overall height of 24.4 meters and a 75 degree slope. Its pointed dome, which rests on a transition of corner squinches, has an an interior diameter of 10.41 meters and an exterior diameter of 13.41 meters. Crowned with a vase and melon (kalash and amala) finial, the dome follows the typology of Hindu temples in the Delhi region. Three sides (north, south, and east) of the tomb have horseshoe-arched doorway openings with spearhead extrusions in their intrados and are flanked by a niche on either side. A marble band begins at the base of these horseshoe arches, running across the architrave.