Char Bagh Garden or the Four Gardens is a a 30-acre Persian-style garden with quadrilateral layout and he first of its kind in the South Asia region in such a scale. It encircles the tomb of Humayun in all four sides. The highly geometrical and enclosed Paradise garden is divided into four squares by paved walkways (khiyabans) and two bisecting central water channels, reflecting the four rivers that flow in jannat, the Islamic concept of paradise. Each of the four square is further divided into smaller squares with pathways, creating into 36 squares in all, a design typical of later Mughal gardens. The central water channels appear to be disappearing beneath the tomb structure and reappearing on the other side in a straight line, suggesting the Quranic verse, which talks of rivers flowing beneath the 'Garden of Paradise'.

The entire tomb and the garden is enclosed within high rubble walls on three sides, the fourth side was meant to be the river Yamuna, which has since shifted course away from the structure. The central walkways, terminate at two gates: a main one in the southern wall, and a smaller one in the western wall. It has two double-storey entrances, the West gate which used now, while the South gate, which was used during Mughal era, now remains closed. Aligned at the centre on the eastern wall lies a baradari, literally a pavilion with twelve doors, which is a building or room with twelve doors designed to allow the free draught of air through it, finally on the northern wall lies a hammam, a bath chamber.

Humayun's tomb (Humayun ka Maqbara) was built by Mughal Emperor. It was designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyath, a Persian architect. Humayun's tomb was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent, and is located in Nizamuddin East, Delhi, India,. Humayun's tomb was made by using red sandstone and it was structured to use this kind of stone. Humayun's tomb is one of the most remarkable structures of the Mughal Empire in India. Visiting Humayun's tomb is a wonderful experience where you get to see the Mughal architecture and the history of Mughal India. Humayun's tomb is preceded by a tomb with a blue dome. The complex was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993. The most unique part of the monument is the dome, perhaps architecturally more significant and complex than the dome of the Taj Mahal!

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