Buland Darwaza

It also has terrace edge gallery kiosks on the roof, stylised buckler-battlements, small minor-spires, and inlay work with white and black marble.

[4][5] The expanse is broken by arched niches, small laudas, and marbles which highlights the courtyard of the Jama Masjid.

The cusped ornament, large and bold in fact, but small and delicate when seen from below, is carried down below the springing of the arch.

[4][5] The total height of the Gate above the pavement is 176  ft. A Persian inscription on the eastern archway of the Buland Darwaza records Akbar's conquest of Uttar Pradesh and the victory in Gujarat in 1573.

On the main gateway, an Islamic inscription written in Persian reads "Isa" (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary) said: "The world is a Bridge, pass over it, but build no houses upon it.

Buland Darwaza was not a part of the original design of the Jama Masjid, it was erected by Akbar to celebrate his conquest of Gujarat in 1573.