Sikandar Lodi's Tomb

This early sixteenth-century tomb in the Lodi Gardens was built for a sultan of the Lodi dynasty within a fortified garden that anticipates the walled paradise gardens of the Mughals. The octagonal domed chamber sits inside a square enclosure ringed by battlemented walls, an arrangement seldom seen in earlier Delhi tombs. Carved plaster, coloured tilework and Quranic inscriptions decorate the interior, and a small wall mosque stands beside it. Reached across a raised causeway, the walled compound gives a sense of privacy.