The Story Behind | Did you know that Humayun’s Tomb's “garden tomb” inspired a chain of dynastic sepulchers, its architectural language reaching its zenith a few decades later at the Taj Mahal. Commissioned in the 1560s by Empress Bega Begum after her husband Emperor Humayun’s death, this red-sandstone mausoleum embodies the Mughal vision of paradise. Designed by the Persian architect Mirak Mirza Ghiyas, the tomb introduced India’s first grand charbagh garden – a four-square “paradise” layout wi