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Description
Property Name: Panch Mahal
Inventory No: 91-5619-5
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-06-11
Country (State party): India
Province: Uttar Pradesh
Town: Fatehpur Sikri
Geographic coordinates: 27° 5′ 49.77″ N
77° 39′ 56.65″ E
Historic Period: 16th century, 2nd half
Year of Construction:
Style: Mughal
Original Use: Palace
Current Use: Touristic
Architect: Unknown
Significance
This five storey structure is the highest building in the civic area. Each storey decrease in size and is open on all sides. The last storey is covered by a large dome. The building’s height is equal to the length of the ground floor, which contains 84 columns. It overlooks the great courtyard and is a great place to catch cool breezes.
Selection Criteria
iv. to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
The site’s prominent civic buildings include public and private audience halls where state business was conducted and where Akbar held religious councils.
References
Rizvi, Saiyid AA and JA Vincent Flynn. 1975. Fatehpur Sikri, Taraporevala.
Asher, Catherine. 1992. The New Cambridge History of India: Architecture of Mughal India. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 65.
R. Nath: Fatehpur Sikri: Forms, Techniques & Concepts (Jaipur, 1988)
Ed. Zeenut Ziad Foreword by Milo Cleveland Beach, The Magnificient Mughals, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002