Nishat Bagh, Srinagar

The Nishat Bagh lies on Lake Dal near the Shalimar Bagh. Brookes attributes it to Asaf Khan, Jahangir's brother-in-law and the elder brother of Nur Jahan, says it was supposedly built in 1625, and calls it the largest and most spectacular of the lake gardens. ^{3 1 2}

It was not a royal garden, so it has fewer pavilions. It is tucked further into the mountain and climbs more steeply, so the water runs faster and the cascades are larger. There were originally twelve terraces, one for each sign of the zodiac, a number since reduced by the road that crosses it. A wide canal punctuated by fountains runs its length, with a cascade or chadar at each change of level. ^{1 4} The final zenana terrace is held up by an arched wall six metres high between balconied pavilions, and stone or marble thrones are set across the watercourses. ^{4 5}