At a glance
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- South Asia
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
Description
It is a monolithic red sandstone structure inlaid with marble, set four-square in a quartered garden (chaharbagh) proportioned to set off the great tomb. For Brookes its scale, like that of its predecessor Humayun's tomb, foreshadows later Mughal building; the water channels linking its tanks are still narrow but now sit in a stronger axial plan. The garden today lacks its classic planting of cypress, pine and plane and the life of running water. 1 The slender minarets of its gateway were a forerunner of those of the Taj Mahal. 2
Connections
- Located in
- Agra
- Exemplifies
- Chaharbagh (four-part garden)
People and things also explored
Ram Bagh (Aram Bagh), Agra· Chaharbagh (four-part garden)· Agra· Achabal garden, Kashmir· Agra Fort (Red Fort of Agra)· Bagh-i Nilufar (Lotus Garden), Dholpur· Bagh-i Vafa, Kabul· Chashma Shahi, Srinagar
Sources
- John Brookes, Gardens of Paradise: The History and Design of the Great Islamic Gardens (London, 1987) , p.136
- John Brookes, Gardens of Paradise: The History and Design of the Great Islamic Gardens (London, 1987) , p.154
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Tomb of Akbar, Sikandra”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/tomb-of-akbar-sikandra/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-04.
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