HIMAYUN TOMB
- BUILT BY MOGHULS EMPEROR COMMISSIONED BY HIMAYUNS WIFE HAMIDA BANU BEGUM
- THE STRUCTURE WAS BUILT BY THE ORDER OF HIS WIDOWER starting in 1562 for 9 years
- THE TOMB WAS BUILT RUBBLE MASONRY AND RED SANDSTONE
- ITS WAS INSPIRED BY PERSIAN ARCHITECTURE, IT REACHES THE HEIGHTS OF 47 MT AND 300 FEET WIDE
- IT USES THE PERSIAN BULBOUS DOUBLE DOME WHICH MEASURES 42.5 MT AND TOPPED BY 6 MT HIGH BRASS FINIAL ENDING IN A CRESCENT.
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