Question

Discribe the cultural and socio economic significance of shahjahanabad

Answer 1

Between 1639 and 1648 Mughal emperor Shahjahan established the Imperial capital Shahjahanabad and extended over the banks of the Yamuna River. The outskirts of the Aravalli range, which stretched deep into the major alluvial plains of northern India, have their final point in the Delhi Hill, providing the city with natural protective measures against Jamuna river's erosion. The reasons that interested Shah Jahan in the construction of his capital, which practically overlapped the cities of shah and firuz shah, were thus heights for the command positions, rocks for stone quarries, & the river for supply of water.

Explanation:

• Shahjahanabad was the sovereign model for the city. The settlement was an extension of the imperial palace as the architecture of the buildings & the gardens and the city shops had copied the architecture. The imperial palace also sets the paradigm with regard to the social con of the palace buildings. . Between the Emperor and its nobles there was a model-client arrangement, such that among the nobles and their households bound the city in a sort of large extended family . Shahjahanabad 's planning represented the ruler 's influence like so many other mediaeval cities in India but it also had some characteristics that in many respects suggest an autonomous urban development.
• The most significant road was that between the city wall's Lahori Gate and the palace-fortess' Lahori Gate with a slight deviation near the Fatehpuri Mosque . The "Nahr-i Faiz" flowed via the centre of the road between the "Fatehpuri" mosque & the palace-fortress,  and a  square was built along the central portion of the canal and it went via the middle of the path between the Mosque Fatehpuri and the Palaces. The stunning moonlit night reflexions quickly gave it  a popoular name, which is Chandni Chowk. Chandni Chowk, but on a broad scale, has obviously been put on the same design as shamans or flower gardens which are arranged in front of the Mughal palaces. There were trees on both sides of the road and over 1500 stores on it were owned by either Princess Jahan Ara or Nawab Fatehpuri Begum (one of the queens of Shahjahan).
• On the new capital, Shahjahan placed his own view. His cityscape was based on the king and his nobles' structures. Constructions on the site started under the supervision of Ustad Ahmad and Ustad Hamid, two prominent architects. Years earlier, in 1638, Shahjahan had designed a grand boulevard in the Chandni Chowk in Delhi, a long way from Paris (1770) to have the main streets of the city flanked by avenues. The Shahjahanabad system depicts both the forces of Hindus and Islam.
• On three sides the city had a solid wall & the fourth was partially reinforced on the east side by the fort &  the wall. The town's Nordic wall ranged around 34 miles from the Water Bastion to the east &  the Mori Bastion  to the west. The wall was over 8 metres high & 3.5 metres tall, surrounded by a large wall. he gateways were built to point in the direction of major empire places & regions including the  the Kashmiri Gate, Lahori Gate,  the Akbarabadi Gate, & the Ajmeri Gate.
• The Shahjahan Palace-Fortress named the Qila-i Mubarak was a strong structure that lasted 9 years. The Qila-i is remembered as Lal Qila. It was the emperor's residence and also the government's offices and cultural events and included numerous buildings forming a community in the city. Thousands of  steel carvers, stone cutters, gardeners, carpenters, & other craftsmen were employed to build this place. Three gardens – Buland Bagh, Gulabi Bagh, and Anguri Bagh – separate the palatial castle and the city. On both sides of the corridor were shops built and expansive luxurious goods could be found here. There were quarters, palaces and pavilions 
• The plan for Shahjahanabad city was achieved in a manner that in several respects symbolises the hold of the king. But for its development or subsistence, Shahjahanabad did not depend solely on the emperor.  The urban communities retained “their own distinctive style and character”. . This is why Shahjahanabad continued to thrive as a busy shopping centre amid the fall in power of the Mughal emperor from the middle of the eighteenth century. It began to prosper in its evolved culture. And today in the walled city, you can see clear indications of this.

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