Hindola Mahal
Mandu, Madhya Pradesh, 15th Century
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The plan of the Hindola Mahal is in T-shape. The exterior walls of the building are three meters thick and tilt at an angle of 77 degrees. The architecture of the Hindola Mahal was copied at the Fort of Warangal in South India although that was built on a smaller scale. It is believed that the same architect constructed both the buildings.
– Surabhi Sharman
The Jahaz Mahal is a part of many other important buildings in the complex, such as Hindola Mahal or the Swinging Palace that was the durbar or the meeting hall of then royals of the Mandu Palace. The palace is best known for its narrow hall, huge wide arches and a ramp at the end, supposedly which was built for the king’s elephant to take him to the vantage point from where he could survey the whole area. The palace is a T-shape building with hall measuring upto 98 feet in length and 59 feet in breadth with an elevation of 39 feet in height. The Hindola Mahal represents the Malwa style of architecture from the period 1400 to 1550.
– Nilesh Narayan
When the buildings of New Delhi were being designed, the Viceroy, Charles Hardinge asked the architect Edwin Lutyens to visit Mandu to gain inspiration from the buildings there. It can be argued that the batter, or slope in the walls of Rashtrapati Bhavan might have been inspired by this.
– Swapna Liddle