INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Tughlaqs used a striking feature as the sloping walls. This is called ‘batter’ and gives the effect of strength and solidity to the building.

Detailed explanation-2: -We’ll look at examples including Tughlaqabad Palace Complex and Fort, Feroz Shah Kotla Fort, Hauz Khas Complex, the Mausoleum of Sultan Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq and Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlaq’s tomb.

Detailed explanation-3: -Built in red sandstone, inlaid with white marble, the tomb has a white marble dome rising from a low octagonal drum. The tombs sloping walls pioneered a style that was used in all subsquent Tughlaq architecture. The tomb also has the graves of Ghiyas ud-Din’s wife and his son Muhammad Bin-Tughlaq (r. 1325-51).

Detailed explanation-4: -Muhammad bin Tughlaq, the next ruler also undertook the construction of a number of buildings. He built a small fortress at Adilabad adjoining city of Tughlaqabad. He also built Jahan-pana (fourth city of Delhi) by linking the first and second cities by walls.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Khirki Masjid, with its bastion towers and formidable gate, is a good example of ‘fortress architecture’ carried over into a religious structure. An architectural element that became synonymous with the Tughlaqs was the battered wall, its base much wider than its top.