MONUMENTS | BUILT BY | LOCATION |
The seven Pagodas of Mahabalipuram | Narasimhavarman II | Mahabalipuram (Tamil Nadu) |
Jagannatha Temple | King Anantavarman Chodaganga Deva (Eastern Ganga Dynasty) | Puri, Odisha |
Lingaraj Temple | Somavamsi Dynasty | Bhubaneswar, Odhisha |
Khajuraho Temples | Chandela Dynasty | Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh |
Brihadeshwara Temple (also known as Raja Rajeswara Temple) | Raja Raja Chola I | Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu |
Ajanta Caves | Satavahana Dynasty later Mauryan Dynasty | Aurangabad, Maharashtra |
Ellora Caves | Kalachuri, Chalukya, and Rashtrakuta Dynasties | Aurangabad, Maharashtra |
Agra Fort | Akbar | Agra, Uttar Pradesh |
Red Fort | Shah Jahan | Delhi |
Taj Mahal | Shah Jahan | Agra, Uttar Pradesh |
Konark Sun Temple | Narasimhadeva I (Eastern Ganga Dynasty) | Konark, Odisha |
Fatehpur Sikri | Akbar | Agra, U.P. |
Bibi Ka Maqbara | Aurangzeb | Aurangabad, Maharashtra |
Jama Masjid | Shah Jahan | Delhi |
Qutub Minar | Qutubuddin Aibak | Delhi |
Hawa Mahal | Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh | Jaipur, Rajasthan |
Moti Masjid | Shah Jahan | Agra, Uttar Pradesh |
Humayun ka Maqbara (also known as Nai ka Maqbara) | Humayun’s wife Empress Haji Begum | Delhi |
Charminar | Quli Qutub Shah | Hyderabad, Telangana |
Bara Imambara | Asaf-ud-Daula (Nawab of Awadh) | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
Dilwara Temples | Vimal Shah(designed by- Vastupal Tejpal) | Mount Abu, Rajasthan |
Gateway of India | British Government (Designed by George Wittet) | Mumbai City, Maharashtra |
India Gate | British Government (Designed by Edwin Lutyens) | Delhi |
Jantar Mantar | Maharaja Jai Singh | Delhi |
Purana Qila (Old Fort) | Shershah Suri | Delhi |
Golden Temple | Guru Ram Das (Fourth Guru) | Amritsar, Punjab |
Victoria Memorial | British Government | Kolkata, West Bengal |
Group of Hampi Monuments | Vijayanagara Empire | Hampi, Karnataka |
Lotus Temple | Architect – Fariborz Sahba | Delhi |
Akbar’s Tomb | Akbar and his son Jahangir | Agra (Uttar Pradesh) |
Shish Mahal | Shahjahan | Agra (Uttar Pradesh) |
Fatehpur Sikri, Jodha Bai Palace, Birbal Palace, Panch Mahal, Buland Darwaza | Akbar | Agra (Uttar Pradesh) |
Meenakshi Temple | Kulasekara Pandya | Madurai, Tamilnadu |
Adhai Din Ka Jhopra | Qutubuddin Aibak | Ajmer (Rajasthan) |
Dargah Ajmer Sharif | Sultan Shyasuddin | Ajmer (Rajasthan) |
Macca Masjid | Quli Qutub Shah | Hyderabad (Telangana) |
Golconda Fort | Qutub Shahi rulers | |
Elephanta Caves | Rashtrakuta rulers | Mumbai (Maharashtra) |
Vikramasila Monastery | Dharma Pala | Bihar |
Nalanda University | Kumargupta I | Bihar |
Hauz Khas | Alauddin Khilji | Delhi |
Ferozshah Kotla | Ferozshan Tughlaq | Delhi |
Khirki Masjid | Ghyasuddin Tughlaq | Delhi |
Lal Bagh | Hyder Ali | Bangaluru (Karnataka) |
Gol Gumbaz (largest dome in India) | Muhammad Adil Shah | Bijapur, Karnataka |
Shantiniketan | Rabindra Nath Tagore | West Bengal |
Shalimar Garden | Jahangir | Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) |
Anand Bhawan | Motilal Nehru | Allahabad, (Uttar Pradesh) |
Shore temple | Narasimhavarman II | Mamallapuram (Tamil Nadu) |
Kailasanath Temple | Narasimhavarman II | Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu) |
Saint George Fort | East India Company | Chennai (Tamil Nadu) |
Vijaya Stambha | Maharana Kumbha | Chittorgarh (Rajasthan) |