Landscape Designing

LANDSCAPE DESIGNING FRMT 325 Cr. Hr. 3(1+2)

Lesson 03:Landscape Gardens In India

Nishat Bagh

Running Water in the Garden

• This pleasure garden was built by Asaf Jahan the brother of Nur Jahan.
• The garden has twelve terraces each representing the sign of the Zodiac.
• The water runs all along the garden through a wide canal which has a number of fountains

Roads In The Garden

• There are two main pavilions, one at the lower end and the other at the upper garden.
• The lower one is double storey structure of wood and plaster in the middle of the floor there is a reservoir with numerous fountains.
• The other pavilion is situated at the end of the upper terrace from where one can have a through view of the entire garden