Safdarjung's Tomb site features

A high entrance gate looks along a straight water axis to the mausoleum at the centre of a square garden. The tomb rises on a broad platform as a sandstone mass articulated by pale marble panels, arched recesses and four corner towers.

A large pale dome swells above the central chamber. Around it, the garden is divided into four quarters by channels and paths. Smaller pavilions are built into the enclosing walls, giving each edge an architectural destination.

Inside the tomb, stucco decoration and arched chambers replace the long exterior view with a compact, vertically focused space.

The central mausoleum

1753–1754. A domed sandstone-and-marble tomb rises at the crossing of the garden axes.

The charbagh

1753–1754. Straight channels and paths divide the enclosed garden into four principal quarters.

The entrance gateway

1753–1754. A tall eastern gate frames the first axial view and contains rooms later used by the ASI.

The perimeter pavilions

1753–1754. Jangli Mahal, Moti Mahal and Badshah Pasand animate the enclosure walls.