case study of gol gumbaz
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Answer:The Gol Gumbaz
Built by Muhammed Adil Shah, the seventh ruler of Adil Shah dynasty in 1656 AD, the Gol
Gumbaz has a simple square plan of 41.5 m inside and 62.5 m outside with four confining lofty
walls 3m thick rising to a height of 33.5 m. Externally the tomb is a massive cube, with octago-
nal seven storied buttress towers of diameter 7.6 m topped by small rounded domes projecting at
the four corners, the whole rising to a height of 45.7 m. The tomb has an approximate total
height of 67m. The hemispherical dome over the square chamber with an inner diameter of 38.1
m and external diameter of 44 m was supported using the method of intersecting arches. The
hemispherical brick dome with an average thickness of 3m was constructed of concentric over-
sailing layers of brick masonry cast in concrete of a mix of ballast and rich lime mortar.
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