INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Shah Jahan’s reign is considered as Golden age of Mughal architecture . He constructed a number of buildings with a mixture of Persian and Indian art and architecture. These buildings were designed by himself. These buildings are matchless in the beauty of form, in harmony of proportion and elaborate decorations.

Detailed explanation-2: -Shah Jahan period architecture is distinguished by the extensive use of symmetry, the embellishing of structures through features such as the Shajahani column and the use of red sandstone and white marble as essential building materials.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indo Persian Architecture: A style of architecture originating in the Indian subcontinent after the introduction of Islam through Central Asia and Persia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ans: Babur was the first ruler and emperor of Mughals in India to introduce Persian architecture to India.

Detailed explanation-5: -The new Indian Architecture of the Mughal period is called Mughal Architecture. The Mughal architecture was an amalgamation of Persian, Turkic, Timurid Iranian, Central Asian, and Indian Hindu style of architecture. Mughal architecture first developed and flourished during the reign of Akbar.