20240510 QFM016 Irresponsible AI Reading List April 2024.pdf
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1. Humayun laid the foundation in 1533. It
was the first structure to use red
sandstone at such a scale
2. •The tomb was made by the order of
Hamida Banu Begum
•The tomb’s foundation was laid in 1565
•The tomb was completed in 1572 AD
•The cost of tomb was 15 Lakhs rupees
(1.5 million) at that time
•It was the first garden tomb in the Indian
subcontinent
•The tomb was declared a UNESCO world
heritage site in 1993
3. It is Design by Mirak Mirza
Ghiyathuddin who was brought
from Heart( Northwest
Afghanistan)
Unfortunately, before the
structure's completion, he died
and so his son Sayyed Muhammad
ibn Mirak Ghiyathuddin completed
his father's design in 1571
4. Inside view of
the dome of
Humayun's
Tomb
The symbolically cut
out Mihrab facing west
or Mecca, over the
marble lattice screen.
Front view with reflections,
central water channel in the
'Chahr Bagh' Garden
5. Restoration work at Humayun's tomb,
required removal of 3000 truckloads (12,000
cubic meters) of earth, and special chute
installed at the back, from the roof (2008)
The re-setting and
alignment of over 3,000 km
of path edging, required
some 60 stonecutters, and
2,000 meters of hand-dressed
red sandstone slabs
that edge the channels
(2009)