Mughal Empire

Connected Sites: 13

Definition
The Mughal Empire ruled most of the Indian subcontinent from the early 16th to the mid-19th centuries.

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Connected Sites

  • Agra Fort
    Inscribed: 1983
    3.55
    242
    6
    The great Mughals Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jehangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb lived here, and the country was governed from here.
  • Sulaiman-Too
    Sulaiman-Too
    Kyrgyzstan
    Inscribed: 2009
    2.23
    63
    3
    Babur, founder of the Mughal dynasty, is said to have built a small mosque here in 1510
  • Jaipur City, Rajasthan
    Inscribed: 2019
    3.40
    208
    3
    The new capital was intended to be a strong political statement to rival cities of the Mughal Empire elsewhere on what is now the Indian subcontinent (AB ev)
  • Taj Mahal
    Inscribed: 1983
    4.25
    249
    7
    built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan
  • Rohtas Fort
    Rohtas Fort
    Pakistan
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.92
    33
    16
    Although the fort's origins lie in the Suri dynasty, it holds the Haveli Man Singh from the Mughal Period and the OUV states that it "blends architectural and artistic traditions from Turkey and the Indian subcontinent to create the model for Mughal architecture"
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Red Fort
    Inscribed: 2007
    3.11
    227
    4
    "The planning and design of the Red Fort represents a culmination of architectural development initiated in 1526 AD by the first Mughal Emperor" (OUV)
  • Makli, Thatta
    Inscribed: 1981
    2.97
    32
    3
    "The most architecturally significant tombs at the site date from around the time of the Mughal era, between 1570 and 1640 CE." (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Jantar Mantar
    Inscribed: 2010
    3.16
    187
    6
    "The Jantar Mantar in Jaipur is an outstanding example of a very comprehensive set of astronomical instruments, in the heart of a royal capital at the end of the Mughal period in India." (OUV)
  • Humayun's Tomb
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.35
    206
    8
    Humayun was the second Mughal emperor. He was buried at "the first very grand garden tomb in Mughal architecture" (wiki).
  • Hill Forts of Rajasthan
    Inscribed: 2013
    3.71
    196
    5
    "The Kachchwaha Rajputs of Amber in contrast, aligned themselves with the Imperial Mughal rule with an evident adaptation of Mughal spaces and architectural styles in Amber" (AB ev)
  • Fort and Shalamar Gardens
    Inscribed: 1981
    2.93
    52
    3
    "a unique and exceptional testimony to the Mughal civilisation at the height of its artistic and aesthetic accomplishments" (crit iii)
  • Fatehpur Sikri
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.38
    188
    9
    "The city of Fatehpur Sikri bears an exceptional testimony to the Mughal civilization at the end of 16th century." (OUV) .. "Fatehpur Sikri was the first planned city of the Mughals to be marked by magnificent administrative, residential, and religious buildings "
  • Ahmadabad
    Inscribed: 2017
    2.60
    69
    6
    Ahmadabad is also an important city of Mughal architecture from the late 16th and early 17th centuries, with particular contributions of buildings and gardens by Shah Jahan during his residence in Ahmadabad as the Mughal Suba. These were early prototypes for his constructions in Agra when he became emperor. (AB ev)