EDGE ACADEMY

MONUMENTS
AND PLACES IN INDIA
 List of Indian monuments and their builders (state-wise)

Monument Place Built by Year/Century

Agra Fort Agra (Uttar Pradesh) Akbar 1573 AD
Agra city Agra (Uttar Pradesh) Sikandar Lodi -
Aram Bagh Agra (Uttar Pradesh) Babur 1528 AD
Sikandra, Agra Akbar and his son
Akbar’s Tomb 1613 AD
(Uttar Pradesh) Jahangir
Tomb of Itmad-Ud-Daula Agra (Uttar Pradesh) NoorJahan 1628 AD
Jama Masjid Agra (Uttar Pradesh) Shahjahan 1648 AD
Agra Fort, Agra (Uttar
Deewan-E- Khas Shahjahan -
Pradesh)
Shish Mahal Agra (Uttar Pradesh) Shahjahan 1632 AD
Agra Fort, Agra (Uttar
Moti Masjid Shahjahan 1635 AD
Pradesh)
Taj Mahal Agra (Uttar Pradesh) Shahjahan 1653 AD
Allahabad, (Uttar
Anand Bhawan Motilal Nehru 1930 AD
Pradesh)
Lucknow (Uttar
Bada Imambara Asaf-ud-daula 1785 AD
Pradesh)
Lucknow (Uttar Muhammad Ali
Chhota Imambara -
Pradesh) Shah
Mathura (Uttar Maharaja Sawai Jai
Jantar Mantar 1724-1738 AD
Pradesh) Singh II
Varanasi (Uttar Maharaja Sawai Jai
Jantar Mantar 1724-1739 AD
Pradesh) Singh II
Fatehpur Sikri
Jodha Bai Palace
Birbal Palace Agra (Uttar Pradesh) Akbar 16th century
Panch Mahal
Buland Darwaza
Mamallapuram (Tamil
Rock cut temple Mahendravarman-I 8th century
Nadu)
Mamallapuram (Tamil Narasimhavarman-
Shore temple 8th century
Nadu) II
Kanchipuram (Tamil Narasimhavarman-
Kailasanathar Temple 685-705 AD
Nadu) II
Darasuram (Tamil
Airavatesvara temple Rajaraja I 12th century
Nadu)
Brihadeshwara Tanjore (Tamil Nadu) Rajaraja chola I 1010 AD
Gangaikonda
Gangaikondacholapuram cholapuram (Tamil Rajendra I 12th century
Nadu)
 Saint George Fort Chennai (Tamil Nadu) East India Company 1644 AD
Meenakshi Temple Madurai, Tamilnadu - -
Adhai Din Ka Jhopra Ajmer (Rajasthan) Qutubuddin Aibak 1192 AD
Dargah Ajmer Sharif Ajmer (Rajasthan) Sultan Shyasuddin -
Maharaja Pratap
Hawa Mahal Jaipur (Rajasthan) 1799 AD
Singh
Maharaja Sawai Jai
Nahargarh Fort Jaipur (Rajasthan) 1734 AD
Singh II
Maharaja Sawai Jai
Jaigarh Fort Jaipur (Rajasthan) 1726 AD
Singh II
Chittorgarh
Vijaya Stambha Maharana Kumbha 1448 AD
(Rajasthan)
Mount Abu
Dilwara Jain Temple Vimal Shah 1582 AD
(Rajasthan)
Bharatpur Fort Bharatpur (Rajasthan) Raja Surajmal Singh 19th century
Amber Fort Jaipur (Rajasthan) Man Singh I 1592 AD
Maharaja Sawai Jai
Jantar Mantar Jaipur (Rajasthan) 1724-1736 AD
Singh II
Mehrangarh Fort Jodhpur (Rajasthan) Rao Jodha 1460 AD
Ujjain (Madhya Maharaja Sawai Jai
Jantar Mantar 1724-1737 AD
Pradesh) Singh II
Khajuraho Temples Madhya Pradesh Chandellas 950-1050 AD
Hyderabad
Char- Minar Quli Qutub Shah 1591 AD
(Telangana)
Hyderabad
Macca Masjid Quli Qutub Shah 1694 AD
(Telangana)
Hyderabad
Golconda Fort Qutub Shahi rulers 16th century
(Telangana)
Shri Venkateswara Temple Andhra Pradesh - -
Aurangabad
Ajanta Caves Gupta rulers 4-10th century
(Maharashtra)
Ellora Caves Maharashtra Rashtrakuta rulers 6-10th century
Mumbai
Elephanta Caves Rashtrakuta rulers 5-9 century
(Maharashtra)
Aurangabad
Bibi Ka Maqbara Azam Shah 1661 AD
(Maharashtra)
Mumbai
Gateway of India British Govt. 20th century
(Maharashtra)
Vikramasila Monastery Bihar Dharma Pala 8th century
Shershah’s Tomb Sasaram (Bihar) Shershah’s son 1545 AD
Nalanda University Bihar Kumargupta I -
 Purana Qila Delhi Shershah Suri 16th century
Safdar Jung Tomb Delhi Shuja-ud-daula 1754 AD
Qutub Minar Delhi Qutubuddin Aibak 1193 AD
Alai darwaza Delhi Alauddin Khiliji 1311 AD
Hauz Khas Delhi Alauddin Khilji -
Ferozshah Kotla Delhi Ferozshan Tughlaq -
Khirki Masjid Delhi Ghyasuddin Tughlaq 1354 AD
Humayun’s Tomb Delhi Humayun’s wife 1533 AD
Jama Masjid Delhi Shahjahan 1656 AD
Red Fort Delhi Shahjahan 1639 AD
Moti Masjid Delhi Fort, Delhi Aurangzeb 1660 AD
Maharaja Sawai Jai
Jantar Mantar New Delhi 1724-1735 AD
Singh II
Edwin Lutyens
India Gate New Delhi -
(Architect)
Bangaluru
Lal Bagh Hyder Ali 1760 AD
(Karnataka)
Gol Gumbaz (largest Muhammad Adil
Bijapur, Karnataka 1656 AD
dome in India) Shah
Hampi Monuments Karnataka - -
Swarna Mandir (Golden Guru Ram Das with
Amritsar (Punjab) 1577 AD
Temple) the fifth, Guru Arjan
Rabindra Nath
Shantiniketan West Bengal 19th century
Tagore
Victoria Memorial Kolkata (West Bengal) British Govt. 1921 AD
Sun Temple Konark (Odisha) Narsimhadeva I 1250 AD
Anantvarman
Jagannath Temple Puri (Odisha) 1161 AD
Ganga
Srinagar (Jammu and
Shalimar Garden Jahangir 1619 AD
Kashmir)