Akbar and Mughal architecture:

Emperor Akbar was the first Mughal ruler during whose rule we find the emergence of wonderful Mughal architecture, which rapidly progressed with his reign.

Fatehpur Sikri defines Akbar`s finest styles of architecture. The great mosque is one such essence of architectural brilliance unmatched in elegance and splendor. The south gateway is well known, excelling any similar entrance in India in its size and structure. The Tomb of Akbar`s father Humayun.

Akbar`s tomb at Sikandra are some such finest work of architectural magnificence which broadly highlights the Mughal architecture prototypes. The tomb placed in a garden at Delhi, has an intricate ground plan with central octagonal chambers, which is joined by an elegantly faceded archway, surmounted by cupolas, kiosks, and pinnacles ructure of the kind and of great virtue.