The Garden Tomb Humayun's tomb lies on the Mathura road near its crossing with the Lodi Road. High rubble-built walls enclose here a square garden divided initially into four large squares separated by causeways and channels, each square divided again into smaller squares by pathways ('Chaharbagh') as in a typical Mughal garden. The lofty mausoleum is located in the centre of the enclosure and rises from a podium faced with series of cells with arched openings. The central octagonal chamber containing the cenotaph is encompassed by octagonal chambers at the diagonals and arched lobbies on the sides, their openings closed with perforated screens.

Each square, in turn, is divided into smaller squares by pathways. This forms a typical Mughal garden known as charbagh. Highly developed engineering skills were employed in the working out of the fountains. Though made of red sandstone, black and yellow stone was used to give variation.

The Garden Tomb Of Humayun in Delhi is constructed mainly of red sandstone, with white and black marble adorning its borders. The second story of the tomb, with 42.5m high double dome and pillared kiosks (chhatris), is built in the same way as the first. Further beautifying the Humayun's Tomb are the carvings, the inlaid work on the marble of the walls and the trelliswork in red sandstone. Built as per the hasht bihisht (Eight Paradise) architectural design, it is a sort of pioneering landmark of the Indo-Islamic architecture.

History of Humayun’s Tomb
Humayun , who took over the Mughul Dynasty after Babar’s death was overthrown by Sher Shah Suri after ruling for about a decade. But he regained his throne back around 1555, but was not able to enjoy his kingdom for a long time anymore. He died in an accident as he fell from the stairs of his library. His widow, Haji Begum or Bega begum, the Persian wife of Humayun took the charge of constructing a tomb for her husband. Built with the help of Persian Architect Mirak Mirza Ghiyuath, Humayun’s tomb, Delhi clearly shows signs of Persian influence. It was the first building to be made during the reign of Akbar.