At a glance
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- South Asia
In time
Overview
The Chashma Shahi ("Royal Spring") is a small garden on the mountainside above Lake Dal, built round a renowned spring; Brookes's plan dates it to 1632 and attributes it to Shah Jahan. 1 2
Water and terraces
The spring rose through a marble lotus basin in a pavilion at the top of the garden, the private zenana garden, flowed to a regular tank with a single jet, then into a central pavilion (now removed) to drop at once down a steep narrow chadar into a fountained pool in the lowest garden, the water descending over three levels in all. Brookes judges that without the central pavilion the garden has lost its point. 1 2 Above it on the mountain stands the Pari Mahal. 3
Connections
- Located in
- Srinagar
- Exemplifies
- Chaharbagh (four-part garden)
People and things also explored
Nishat Bagh, Srinagar· Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar· Achabal garden, Kashmir· Bagh-i Vafa, Kabul· Ram Bagh (Aram Bagh), Agra· Verinag garden, Kashmir· Chadar (textured water chute)· Gardens of Paradise: The History and Design of the Great Islamic Gardens
Sources
- John Brookes, Gardens of Paradise: The History and Design of the Great Islamic Gardens (London, 1987) , p.146
- John Brookes, Gardens of Paradise: The History and Design of the Great Islamic Gardens (London, 1987) , p.147
- John Brookes, Gardens of Paradise: The History and Design of the Great Islamic Gardens (London, 1987) , p.157
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Chashma Shahi, Srinagar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/chashma-shahi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-04.
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