Tuesday 18 October 2011

Discovery of India's Old Sunken garden

A sunken garden was discovered during the restoration of Isa Khan's tomb in the precincts of the Humayun's Tomb World Heritage site. The sunken garden can be considered as the earliest example of sunken garden in India.
Isa Khan:
Isa Khan was a noble under Sher Shah Suri, the afghan ruler who had overthrown Humayun. The octagonal shaped tomb was built in 1547

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