SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -This tomb, built in 1570, is of particular cultural significance as it was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent. It inspired several major architectural innovations, culminating in the construction of the Taj Mahal.

Detailed explanation-2: -The architect of this tomb was Mirak Mirza Ghiyas and his son Sayyid Muhammed. They are the Persian architects chosen by Humayun’s wife. The full construction of Humayun’s tomb was completed in 1572. Humayun’s tomb was the first garden-tomb of India.

Detailed explanation-3: -He retreated to Agra, pursued by Sher Shah, and thence through Delhi to Lahore. Sher Shah’s founding of the short-lived Sur Empire, with its capital at Delhi, resulted in Humayun’s exile for 15 years in the court of Shah Tahmasp I.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1993 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site. A landmark in the development of Mughal architecture, Humāyūn’s Tomb was commissioned in 1569, after the death of the Mughal emperor Humāyūn in 1556, by his Persian queen Ḥamīdah Bānū Begam.