Question

Formal gardens, placed within rectangular walled enclosures and divided into four quarters by artificial channels were called as
A.Hasht bihisht
B.Chahar Bagh
C.Pishtaq
D.None

Answer 1

Hint: We will discuss the founder of mughal dynasty Babur.Babur was a born leader, a brave military general, and a great scholar. He was a master of both the Persian and Turkish languages. His autobiography, Tuzuk-i-Baburi or Baburnama, written in Turkish, is one of the best autobiographies.

Complete answer:
 Babur’s autobiography, Tuzuk-i-Baburi or BaburnamaIt is an invaluable source of information on that period.Babur was a musician, calligraphist theologian and a poet. He loved nature and laid many gardens in different parts of his empire. Babur died and was buried in a garden in Kabul.
In his autobiography, he described his interest in planning and laying out formal gardens, placed within rectangular walled enclosures and divided into four quarters by artificial channels.The formal Garden is a feature of Mughal architecture. There was a rectangular walled enclosure and it was divided into four quarters. It was connected by artificial channels; it was called Charbagh there was a tall gateway at the entrance of the monument. It is called Pishtaq. Hasht bihisht was a central house surrounded by eight rooms.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B).

Note:These gardens were called chahar bagh (four gardens) because of the symmetry in their division into quarters.The tomb was placed in the centre of a huge formal chahar bagh and built in the tradition known as 'eight paradises' or hasht bihisht which is a central hall surrounded by eight rooms. Red sandstone was used with white marble in the construction of the building.