At a glance
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- South Asia
Definition
The chadar is a sloping stone ramp in the Mughal garden linking two terraces, down which water rushes, its surface broken with carving or ridges to increase the rippling and sparkle. With unbroken cascades it was one of the means of joining the levels of the terraced gardens of Kashmir. 1
Examples
Brookes notes it at the Shalimar Bagh; at the Nishat Bagh, where every change of level has a cascade or a rushing chadar; and at the Chashma Shahi, where the water drops down a steep chadar as narrow as a slide. 1 2 3 Brookes holds that this Indian tradition of rushing water was later carried back to the water gardens of the Zands and then the Qajars in Persia. 4
Connections
- Mentioned in
- Gardens of Paradise: The History and Design of the Great Islamic Gardens
- Practiced in
- Srinagar
People and things also explored
Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar· Chashma Shahi, Srinagar· Nishat Bagh, Srinagar· Pari Mahal, Srinagar· Taj Mahal· Chaharbagh (four-part garden)· Gardens of Paradise: The History and Design of the Great Islamic Gardens· Humayun's Tomb
Sources
- John Brookes, Gardens of Paradise: The History and Design of the Great Islamic Gardens (London, 1987) , p.141
- John Brookes, Gardens of Paradise: The History and Design of the Great Islamic Gardens (London, 1987) , p.144
- 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.122
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Chadar (textured water chute)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/chadar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-04.
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