INTRODUCTION TO AWADH

ARCHITECTURE

Submitted by:
Utkarsh Agarwal
Pratibha Verma
Ankit Shukla
Sunaina Bansal
INTRODUCTION:

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• AS THE MUGHAL EMPIRE WEAKENED THUS, THE
NAWABS OF MURSHIDABAD, AWADH AND
HYDERABAD BEGAN TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN
PASCHIM
SUCCESSOR STATES. PRADESH
• THE ARCHITECTURE SPONSORED BY THE RULERS
AND INHABITANTS OF THESE NEW DOMAINS WAS AWADH

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HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON THE MUGHAL STYLE
ESTABLISHED DURING SHAH JAHAN AND
PURVANCHAL
AURANGZEB.
•. ARCHITECTURE UNDER THE NAWABS OF AWADH
WAS QUITE AN APPREHENDED MISSION, WITH THE
SMALLER STATELY UNION ENDEAVOURING TO MAKE BUNDELKHAND
THEIR MARK COMING OUT FROM THE SHADOW OF
THE MUGHAL DYNASTY.
• DURING THE INITIAL PERIOD OF THE NAWABS'
POWER, BUILDINGS WERE MODELLED CLOSELY ON
MUGHAL PROTOTYPES.
• THIS IS EVIDENT IN BUILDINGS OF THE CENTRAL Map showing location of Awadh

MARKET PLACE (CHOWK), COMMENCED

APPROXIMATELY IN 1765 BY SHUJA UD-DAULA.
• HE HAD PROVIDED THIS CHOWK WITH AN
ELABORATE TRIPLE-ARCHED ENTRANCE.
• IN THE MARKET, HASAN REZA KHAN, LATER TO BE
ONE OF THE CHIEF MINISTERS OF AWADH, HAD
ERECTED A MOSQUE, ACKNOWLEDGED TODAY AS
THE CHOWK MOSQUE.
CHARACTERISTICS OF AWADHI ARCHITECTURE:

ELABORATE PARAPETS ON BULBOUS DOME

THE ROOF

USE OF VAULTED CEILINGS

MULTIPLE
ENTRANCES ON
THE FAÇADE

SET IN CHAR BAGHS

THREE ARCHED OPENINGS
 TOMB OF SAADAT ALI KHAN:
AWADH UNDER
•THE TOMB CONSISTS OF WHITE AND
THE NAWABS: BLACK COLOUR MARBLE SQUARES.
•THE HALL COMES WITH THE
RECTANGULAR VERANDAHS OVER THE
SAADAT KHAN, THE FOUR SIDES THAT CARRY ARCHED
FIRST NAWAB OF
AWADH: LAID THE DOORWAYS.
FOUNDATION OF FAIZABAD •THE VERANDAHS OVER THE
AT THE OUTSKIRT OF
ANCIENT CITY OF AYODHYA
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SIDES HAVE
GRAVES OF THE DAUGHTERS AND
Tomb of saadat ali khan exterior
WIVES OF SAADAT ALI KHAN.
•THIS TOMB CARRIES A BIG
SAFDAR JANG, THE SECOND HEMISPHERICAL KIND OF DOME, •TOMB IS THE CULMINATION OF
NAWAB OF AWADH: MADE
FAIZABAD HIS MILITARY WHICH IS FLUTTED WITH NARROW ART, AESTHETICS WITH RARE
HEADQUARTERS AND REGULAR TYPES OF RIBBINGS. DESIGNS.
•ONE OF THE INTERESTING FEATURES
OF THIS DOME IS ITS SYMMETRICAL
SHAPE, WHICH IS ACCOMPANIED BY
SUJA-UD-DAULA, THE THIRD
NAWAB OF AWADH: THE ELEGANT KIOSKS. YOU CAN FIND
FAIZABAD ATTAINED SUCH A A GULDASTA WHICH ADORNS A FINIAL
PROSPERITY WHICH IT
NEVER SAW AGAIN ON THE TOP.
•THE TOMBS WERE BUILT UP WITH
CHARACTERISTIC SPECIAL BRICKS
CALLED AS LAKHURI BRICKS AND
ASAF-UD-DAULA, THE
FOURTH NAWAB OF
CHUMAN (SPECIAL LIME MORTAR).
AWADH: SHIFTED CAPITAL • IT IS DECORATED WITH STUCCO
FROM FAIZABAD TO PATTERNS AND MOLDINGS
LUCKNOW
Tomb of saadat ali khan interior
 TOMB OF SAFDARJUNG:
AWADH UNDER
•SAFDARJUNG'S TOMB IS A
THE NAWABS: SANDSTONE AND MARBLE
MAUSOLEUM IN NEW DELHI, INDIA. IT
WAS BUILT IN 1754 IN THE
SAADAT KHAN, THE LATE MUGHAL EMPIRE STYLEFOR THE
FIRST NAWAB OF STATESMAN SAFDARJUNG.
AWADH: LAID THE
FOUNDATION OF FAIZABAD •THE MONUMENT HAS AN AMBIANCE
AT THE OUTSKIRT OF OF SPACIOUSNESS AND AN IMPOSING
ANCIENT CITY OF AYODHYA
PRESENCE WITH ITS DOMED AND
ARCHED RED BROWN AND WHITE •THE MAIN ENTRY GATE TO THE
COLOURED STRUCTURES TOMB IS TWO-STORIED AND ITS
SAFDAR JANG, THE SECOND •THE SAFDARJUNG TOMB, THE LAST FAÇADE HAS VERY ELABORATE
NAWAB OF AWADH: MADE MONUMENTAL TOMB GARDEN OF THE ORNAMENTATION OVER
FAIZABAD HIS MILITARY
HEADQUARTERS MUGHAL STYLE, WAS PLANNED AND PLASTERED SURFACES AND IS IN
BUILT LIKE AN ENCLOSED GARDEN ORNATE PURPLE COLOUR.
TOMB IN LINE WITH THE STYLE OF THE •THE REAR SIDE OF THE FAÇADE,
HUMAYUN TOMB. WHICH IS SEEN AFTER ENTERING
SUJA-UD-DAULA, THE THIRD •THE TOMB HAS FOUR KEY FEATURES THROUGH THE GATE, HAS MANY
NAWAB OF AWADH:
FAIZABAD ATTAINED SUCH A WHICH ARE: ROOMS AND THE LIBRARY.
PROSPERITY WHICH IT THE CHAR BAGH PLAN WITH THE •TO THE RIGHT OF THE GATE IS THE
NEVER SAW AGAIN
MAUSOLEUM AT THE CENTER, MOSQUE WHICH IS A THREE-
A NINEFOLD FLOOR PLAN, DOMED STRUCTURE MARKED
A FIVE-PART FAÇADE WITH STRIPES.
ASAF-UD-DAULA, THE A LARGE PODIUM WITH A
FOURTH NAWAB OF HIDDEN STAIRWAY.
AWADH: SHIFTED CAPITAL
FROM FAIZABAD TO
LUCKNOW
 GULAB BARI, THE TOMB OF
AWADH UNDER SHUJA-UD-DAULA:
THE NAWABS:
•GULAB BARI (LITERALLY MEANING
'GARDEN OF ROSES') THE TOMB OF
NAWAB SHUJA-UD-DAULA IS IN
SAADAT KHAN, THE
FIRST NAWAB OF
FAIZABAD, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA.
AWADH: LAID THE •THIS PLACE HAS A GOOD COLLECTION
FOUNDATION OF FAIZABAD OF ROSES OF VARIOUS VARIETIES SET BY
AT THE OUTSKIRT OF
ANCIENT CITY OF AYODHYA THE SIDES OF WATER FOUNTAINS.
• GULAB BARI IS SURROUNDED BY AN •THE TOMB PROPER STANDS IN
ENCLOSURE WALL, BUILT OF LAKHAURI THE CENTRE OF A CHARBAGH
BRICKS LIME PLASTERED AND GARDEN ACCOMPANIED BY
SAFDAR JANG, THE SECOND
NAWAB OF AWADH: MADE DECORATED WITH PLASTER FOUNTAINS AND SHALLOW WATER
FAIZABAD HIS MILITARY MOULDINGS. CHANNELS. THE SQUARE DOUBLE-
HEADQUARTERS STOREYED STRUCTURE OF THE
•THE ENCLOSURE CONTAINS THE TOMB
OF SHUJA-UD-DAULA ALONG WITH MAUSOLEUM HAS AN ARCHED
MOSQUE IMAMBARA, SHAHI HAMMAM, VERANDAH ON EACH SIDE.
SUJA-UD-DAULA, THE THIRD BARADARI AND A WELL APPROACHED • ITS UPPER STOREY HAS A THREE
NAWAB OF AWADH: THROUGH TRIPLE-ARCHED GATEWAYS. ARCHED FAÇADE ADORNED BY
FAIZABAD ATTAINED SUCH A MINARETS ON THE CORNERS. THE
PROSPERITY WHICH IT
• THE TOMB OF SHUJA-UD-DAULA (1753-
NEVER SAW AGAIN 1775) WAS CONSTRUCTED BY HIMSELF DOME OF THE CENTRAL CHAMBER
DURING HIS LIFETIME WHICH IS IS CROWNED BY INVERTED LOUTS
APPROACHED THROUGH AN IMPOSING AND METAL FINIAL.
ASAF-UD-DAULA, THE
GATEWAY.
FOURTH NAWAB OF •THE CENRAL CHAMBER CONTAINS THE
AWADH: SHIFTED CAPITAL CENOTAPH WHICH HOUSES THE GRAVES
FROM FAIZABAD TO
LUCKNOW OF NAWAB SHUJA-UD-DAULA AND HIS
MOTHER
 TOMB OF ASAF-UD-DAULA:
AWADH UNDER
•THE MAIN IMAMBARA CONSISTS •THIS PART OF THE BUILDING,
THE NAWABS: OF A LARGE VAULTED CENTRAL AND OFTEN THE WHOLE
CHAMBER CONTAINING THE TOMB COMPLEX, MAY BE REFERRED TO
OF ASAF-UD-DAULA. AS THE BHULBHULAYA.
SAADAT KHAN, THE •AT 50 BY 16 METERS AND OVER •IT IS POSSIBLY THE ONLY
FIRST NAWAB OF 15 METERS TALL, IT HAS NO BEAMS EXISTING MAZE IN INDIA AND
AWADH: LAID THE
FOUNDATION OF FAIZABAD SUPPORTING THE CEILING AND IS CAME ABOUT UNINTENTIONALLY
AT THE OUTSKIRT OF ONE OF THE LARGEST SUCH ARCHED TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE
ANCIENT CITY OF AYODHYA
CONSTRUCTIONS IN THE WORLD. BUILDING WHICH IS
•THERE ARE EIGHT SURROUNDING CONSTRUCTED ON MARSHY
CHAMBERS BUILT TO DIFFERENT LAND.
SAFDAR JANG, THE SECOND ROOF HEIGHTS, PERMITTING THE
NAWAB OF AWADH: MADE SPACE ABOVE THESE TO BE
FAIZABAD HIS MILITARY
HEADQUARTERS RECONSTRUCTED AS A THREE-
DIMENSIONAL MAZE WITH
PASSAGES INTERCONNECTING WITH
EACH OTHER THROUGH 489
SUJA-UD-DAULA, THE THIRD IDENTICAL DOORWAYS.
NAWAB OF AWADH:
FAIZABAD ATTAINED SUCH A
PROSPERITY WHICH IT
NEVER SAW AGAIN

ASAF-UD-DAULA, THE
FOURTH NAWAB OF
AWADH: SHIFTED CAPITAL
FROM FAIZABAD TO
LUCKNOW