Lodīs architecture - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Asher, Catherine B.
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The Lodīs (r. 855-932/1451-1526) were the most prolific builders of architecture during the Delhi Sultanate but are largely unappreciated. Scattered across southern Delhi, from the Lodī Gardens to Mehrauli, are many Lodī-period tombs and mosques built for royalty, the nobility, and saints. Many more existed in the past (List of Muhammadan and Hindu monuments) . Although the Lodīs shifted their capital to Agra at the turn of the century, there are no Lodī buildings. There are, however, many in Delhi, suggesting that Delhi remained the symbolic if