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Describe the new architectural features added by successive Sultans in the construction of Tombs in India.

• UPSC 2018
• Society, Culture and Economy in the 13th and 14th Centuries

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• Iltutmish's Tomb (c. 1235): The First Experiment
• Balban's Tomb (1287–88): The Structural Breakthrough
• The Khalji Contribution: Grace Through New Materials
• Ghiyasuddin Tughluq's Tomb (c. 1325): The Fortress Aesthetic
• Firuz Shah's Reign: Reduced Ornament and the Octagonal Breakthrough
• The Sayyid–Lodi Culmination: Standardising Two Types

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