Write a brief note on the chahar bagh built by the Mughal rulers.
The Mughal emperors were very much interested in literature, art and architecture. Babur, in his autobiography, described his interest in planning and laying out formal gardens, placed within rectangular walled enclosures and divided into four quarters by artificial channels. These gardens were called chahar bagh, four gardens, because of their symmetrical division into quarters. Beginning with Akbar, some of the most beautiful chahar baghs were constructed by Jahangir and Shah Jahan in Kashmir, Agra and Delhi.
Name the ruler who won universal respect for constructing a large reservoir just – outside Delhi-i kuhna?
What type of structures were built by kings and their officers between the eighth and the eighteenth centuries?
Find out whether there is a statue of or a memorial to a great person in your village or town. Why was it placed there? What purpose does it serve?
The rich and powerful construct large houses today. In what ways were the constructions of kings and their courtiers different in the past?
How did the Mughal court suggest that everyone the rich and the poor, the powerjul and the weak received justice equally from the emperor?
An inscription in Shah Johan's diwan-i khas in Delhi stated, "If there is Paradise on Earth it is here, it is here, it is here". How was this image created?
Throw light on how the construction of the Rqjarqjeshvara temple was a very difficult task.
How can you say that Mughal rulers adapted regional architectural styles in the construction of their buildings? Explain with examples.
In what ways do you think the policies of Rajendra I and Mahmud of Ghazni were a product of their time? How were the actions of the two rulers different? [Imp.]
Visit and describe any park or garden in your neighbourhood. In what ways is it similar to or different from the gardens of the Mughals?