Humayun's Tomb, the mausoleum of Mughal emperor Humayun, is located on the Mathura Street, near it's crossing with Lodi Road. The very first substantial product of Mughal architecture in India, the tomb was built by Humayun's spouse Haji Begum within the yr 1565. High arches and a double dome adorn the tomb that's entered by way of two towering double-storied gateways, around the south and around the west. The middle in the eastern wall in the enclosure homes a baradari (pavilion), while that from the northern wall houses a bath-chamber. 1 of essentially the most exceptional features from the Delhi Humayun's Tomb is a square backyard inside its complex. The garden stands divided into four significant squares, separated by causeways and channels. These four squares are then further divided into smaller sized squares by typical pathways ('Chaharbagh') of a Mughal Garden. In the middle of the entire complicated stands the mausoleum. The cenotaph is kept within the central octagonal chamber with arched lobbies around the sides having perforated screens in the openings.

The Garden Tomb Of Humayun in Delhi is built mainly of red sandstone, with white and black marble adorning its borders.

The second story from the tomb, with 42.5m large double dome and pillared kiosks (chhatris), is built inside the same way as the very first. More beautifying the Humayun's Tomb would be the carvings, the inlaid function on the marble from the partitions and the trelliswork in red sandstone. Developed as per the hasht bihisht (Eight Paradise) architectural design, it can be a sort of pioneering landmark from the Indo-Islamic architecture.

The vaults below the podium inside the mausoleum residence the graves of a number of Mughal dynasty rulers. These contain the graves of Haji Begam, Hamida Banu Begam, Dara Shikoh - Shah Jahan's son, as well as the later Mughals, Jalandar Shah, Farrukhsiyar, Rafi'u'd-Darajat, Rafi'u'd-Daula, 'Alamgir II, Shah Jahan's son and Bahadur Shah II, the final Mughal emperor of Delhi. Infact, Delhi Humayun Tomb served as the refuge of Bahadur Shah II, who was later on captured right here by Lieutenant Hodson during the Revolt of 1857.