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| 1 | Sultan Ghari | Vasant Kunj, New Delhi | Delhi | First Islamic mausoleum in India | Iltutmish (for son Nasiruddin Mahmud) | Mamluk (1231) | Medieval India | ||
| 2 | Tomb of Iltutmish | Qutb Complex, Mehrauli | Delhi | Earliest surviving Sultan's tomb | Iltutmish | Mamluk (c. 1235) | Medieval India | ||
| 3 | Tomb of Balban | Mehrauli Archaeological Park | Delhi | First true arch in India | Balban | Mamluk (late 13th c.) | Medieval India | ||
| 4 | Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq | Tughlaqabad | Delhi | Sloping walls; fortified enclosure | Muhammad bin Tughlaq | Tughlaq (1325) | Medieval India | ||
| 5 | Dargah of Nizamuddin Auliya | Nizamuddin West | Delhi | Chishti Sufi shrine | Tughlaq origin; rebuilt by Faridun Khan | Tughlaq-Mughal (14th-16th c.) | Medieval India | ||
| 6 | Tomb of Khan-i-Jahan Telangani | Nizamuddin West | Delhi | First octagonal tomb in Delhi | Juna Shah (Khan-i-Jahan II) | Tughlaq (1368) | Medieval India | ||
| 7 | Tomb of Firoz Shah Tughlaq | Hauz Khas | Delhi | Square tomb beside Hauz Khas tank | Firoz Shah Tughlaq | Tughlaq (late 14th c.) | Medieval India | ||
| 8 | Tomb of Muhammad Shah Sayyid | Lodhi Garden | Delhi | Octagonal tomb with chhatris | Alauddin Alam Shah | Sayyid (1444) | Medieval India | ||
| 9 | Tomb of Sikandar Lodi | Lodhi Garden | Delhi | First garden tomb; double dome | Ibrahim Lodi | Lodi (1517-18) | Medieval India | ||
| 10 | Tomb of Hoshang Shah | Mandu (Dhar) | Madhya Pradesh | India's first marble structure | Hoshang Shah; completed by Mahmud Khalji | Malwa Sultanate (c. 1440) | Medieval India | ||
| 11 | Ahmad Shah's Tomb (Badshah no Hajiro) | Manek Chowk, Ahmedabad | Gujarat | Tomb of Ahmedabad's founder | Muhammad Shah II | Gujarat Sultanate (1442) | Medieval India | ||
| 12 | Sarkhej Roza | Sarkhej, Ahmedabad | Gujarat | Tomb of Sufi Ahmed Khattu; 'Acropolis of Ahmedabad' | Muhammad Shah II; Mahmud Begada | Gujarat Sultanate (1445-51) | Medieval India | ||
| 13 | Eklakhi Mausoleum, Pandua | Pandua (Malda) | West Bengal | Brick tomb with curved Bengal cornice | Bengal Sultans (Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah line) | Bengal Sultanate (15th c.) | Medieval India | ||
| 14 | Budshah Tomb, Srinagar | Srinagar | Jammu & Kashmir | Brick tomb on older temple base | Zain-ul-Abidin (for his mother) | Shah Mir (15th c.) | Medieval India | ||
| 15 | Haft Gumbaz, Kalaburagi | Kalaburagi | Karnataka | Seven tombs of Bahmani rulers | Bahmani Sultans | Bahmani (14th-15th c.) | Medieval India | ||
| 16 | Bahmani Tombs, Ashtur | Ashtur, Bidar | Karnataka | Ahmad Shah Wali's tomb with paintings | Bahmani Sultans | Bahmani (15th c.) | Medieval India | ||
| 17 | Ajmer Sharif Dargah | Ajmer | Rajasthan | Tomb of Moinuddin Chishti | Malwa Sultans; Mughal additions | Sultanate-Mughal (15th-17th c.) | Medieval India | ||
| 18 | Jamali Kamali Tomb | Mehrauli Archaeological Park | Delhi | Tomb of Sufi poet Jamali | Jamali (Sheikh Fazlullah) | Mughal - Babur/Humayun (1528-29) | Medieval India | ||
| 19 | Tomb of Sher Shah Suri | Sasaram (Rohtas) | Bihar | Octagonal tomb in artificial lake | Sher Shah; completed by Islam Shah | Sur (1545) | Medieval India | ||
| 20 | Tomb of Isa Khan Niazi | Humayun's Tomb Complex, Nizamuddin | Delhi | Octagonal Sur-style tomb | Isa Khan Niazi | Sur (1547-48) | Medieval India | ||
| 21 | Tomb of Ibrahim Khan Sur, Narnaul | Narnaul (Mahendragarh) | Haryana | Tomb of Sher Shah's grandfather | Sher Shah Suri | Sur (16th c.) | Medieval India | ||
| 22 | Tomb of Adham Khan (Bhul Bhulaiya) | Mehrauli | Delhi | Octagonal tomb with labyrinth | Akbar | Mughal - Akbar (1562) | Medieval India | ||
| 23 | Tomb of Muhammad Ghaus | Gwalior | Madhya Pradesh | Jali screens; Tansen buried nearby | Akbar | Mughal - Akbar (16th c.) | Medieval India | ||
| 24 | Tomb of Atgah Khan | Nizamuddin West | Delhi | Early Mughal marble inlay | Mirza Aziz Koka | Mughal - Akbar (1566-67) | Medieval India | ||
| 25 | Humayun's Tomb | Nizamuddin East | Delhi | First Mughal garden tomb; UNESCO | Bega Begum; architect Mirak Mirza Ghiyas | Mughal - Akbar (1565-72) | Medieval India | ||
| 26 | Salabat Khan's Tomb (Chand Bibi Mahal) | Ahmednagar | Maharashtra | Octagonal tomb | Salabat Khan II | Nizam Shahi (late 16th c.) | Medieval India | ||
| 27 | Barid Shahi Tombs, Bidar | Bidar | Karnataka | Ali Barid's tomb open on four sides | Barid Shahi Sultans | Barid Shahi (1577) | Medieval India | ||
| 28 | Tomb of Salim Chishti | Fatehpur Sikri (Agra) | Uttar Pradesh | White marble; serpentine brackets | Akbar | Mughal - Akbar (1580-81) | Medieval India | ||
| 29 | Tomb of Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khana | Nizamuddin East | Delhi | Proportions inspired the Taj | Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khana | Mughal (1598) | Medieval India | ||
| 30 | Basilica of Bom Jesus | Old Goa | Goa | Tomb of St Francis Xavier; UNESCO | Portuguese Jesuits | Portuguese (1605) | Medieval India | ||
| 31 | Tomb of Akbar, Sikandra | Sikandra, Agra | Uttar Pradesh | Five-storeyed tomb without a dome | Akbar; completed by Jahangir | Mughal (1605-13) | Medieval India | ||
| 32 | Roman Catholic Cemetery, Agra | Agra | Uttar Pradesh | John Mildenhall's tomb - oldest English grave | Catholic community (Akbar's grant) | Mughal (1614) | Medieval India | ||
| 33 | Chhoti Dargah, Maner Sharif | Maner (Patna) | Bihar | Finest Mughal tomb of eastern India | Ibrahim Khan (Jahangir's governor) | Mughal - Jahangir (1616) | Medieval India | ||
| 34 | Khusro Bagh | Prayagraj | Uttar Pradesh | Tombs of Prince Khusrau & Shah Begum | Jahangir's reign | Mughal - Jahangir (early 17th c.) | Medieval India | ||
| 35 | Tomb of I'timad-ud-Daulah | Agra | Uttar Pradesh | 'Baby Taj'; early pietra dura | Nur Jahan | Mughal - Jahangir (1622-28) | Medieval India | ||
| 36 | Tomb of Mariam-uz-Zamani | Sikandra, Agra | Uttar Pradesh | Lodi baradari turned Mughal tomb | Jahangir | Mughal - Jahangir (1623-27) | Medieval India | ||
| 37 | Chausath Khamba | Nizamuddin West | Delhi | Marble tomb with 64 pillars | Mirza Aziz Koka | Mughal - Jahangir (1623-24) | Medieval India | ||
| 38 | Ibrahim Rauza | Vijayapura | Karnataka | Said to have inspired the Taj | Ibrahim Adil Shah II; architect Malik Sandal | Adil Shahi (1626) | Medieval India | ||
| 39 | Taj Mahal | Agra | Uttar Pradesh | Marble tomb of Mumtaz Mahal; UNESCO | Shah Jahan; architect Ustad Ahmad Lahori | Mughal - Shah Jahan (1632-53) | Medieval India | ||
| 40 | Chini ka Rauza | Agra | Uttar Pradesh | Glazed tile (kashi) work | Afzal Khan Shirazi | Mughal - Shah Jahan (1635) | Medieval India | ||
| 41 | Gol Gumbaz | Vijayapura | Karnataka | Largest dome in India; whispering gallery | Muhammad Adil Shah; architect Yaqut of Dabul | Adil Shahi (1656) | Medieval India | ||
| 42 | Qutb Shahi Tombs | Ibrahim Bagh, Hyderabad | Telangana | Royal necropolis of Golconda | Qutb Shahi Sultans | Qutb Shahi (16th-17th c.) | Medieval India | ||
| 43 | Bibi ka Maqbara | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad) | Maharashtra | 'Dakkhani Taj'; tomb of Dilras Banu | Azam Shah; architect Ata-ullah | Mughal - Aurangzeb (1660) | Medieval India | ||
| 44 | Samadhi of Shivaji, Raigad | Raigad Fort | Maharashtra | Octagonal samadhi of Shivaji | Marathas; restored 1920s | Maratha (1680) | Medieval India | ||
| 45 | Job Charnock's Mausoleum | St John's Church, Kolkata | West Bengal | Oldest masonry structure in Kolkata | Charles Eyre (son-in-law) | English East India Co. (1690s) | Medieval India | ||
| 46 | Tomb of Aurangzeb, Khuldabad | Khuldabad | Maharashtra | Simple open-air grave | Aurangzeb (per his will) | Mughal (1707) | Medieval India | ||
| 47 | Nagore Dargah | Nagore (Nagapattinam) | Tamil Nadu | Sufi Shahul Hamid's tomb; tall minaret | Thanjavur Nayaks & Marathas | Nayak-Maratha (16th-18th c.) | Medieval India | ||
| 48 | Gaitore ki Chhatriyan | Jaipur | Rajasthan | Marble cenotaphs of Jaipur kings | Kachwaha rulers | Kachwaha (18th c.) | Medieval India | ||
| 49 | Bada Bagh | Jaisalmer | Rajasthan | Cenotaphs of Jaisalmer rulers | Bhati rulers | Rajput (16th-20th c.) | Medieval India | ||
| 50 | Tomb of Safdarjung | Lodhi Road, New Delhi | Delhi | Last great Mughal garden tomb | Shuja-ud-Daula | Late Mughal (1754) | Medieval India | ||