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DISCOVERING THE INCOGNITO, TOMB OF GAUS MOHAMMAD - by Nupur Agarwal

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DESIGNAING THE BUILT HERITAGE  Exploring the significance and expression of lattice , form and planning of tomb of Mohammad gaus and finding out reasons - how do we get decorative to cosmological . THE LEGACY OF MOHAMMAD GAUS  The mausoleum of Mohammad gaus locally known as “ tansen ka maqbara ”is reffered to be the world famous architecture from history .The huge scale of mausoleum testifies to sustained building work that Akbar was able to contemplate over a period of 38 years . The mmausoleumbuilt is paid as a homage to the sufi saint Mohammad gaus by the Mughal Emperor Akbar . THE MAGNIFICENT TOMB ARCHITECTURE  The architecture of mausoleum displays great variety both structural and aesthetic ,developing gradually and coherently out of earlier tradition and experience .its paramount virtues are several “a marked feeling for form and scale ” structural inventiveness specially in dome construction ;a genius for decoration and lattice work ,with a...