|
| Located just near the entrance of the Archaeological
Survey Park on the western side of Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road lies
a 13th century tomb, popularly known as Balban's tomb. Balban
was the last of the major Slave dynasty sultans who died in
1287 and was buried here. |
| The tomb is among the many ruined old structures
of Mehrauli that are in a serious state of neglect. Ghiyathu'd-Din
Balban's tomb is a rubble-built square chamber, open to the
sky, with arched openings on all its sides. The chamber occupies
an important place in the history of the development of Indo-Islamic
architecture, as it is for the first time that true arches were
used in a structure in India. |
|
| To the east of Balban's tomb is situated a ruined
rectangular structure. It is said to contain the grave of Khan
Shahid, Balban's son whose original name was Muhammad. He died
fighting against the Mongols near Multan in 1285. |
| |
| |
|
|
