Two of the first Mughal buildings with echoes of Bengal roof shapes are the two outbuildings of the private palace (
Khas Mahal) built by
Shah Jahan around 1635 for two of his daughters in the
Red Fort of Agra. A few decades later, his son Aurangzeb constructed the roof of the
Pearl Mosque (
Moti Masjid) in the
Red Fort of Delhi in a similar manner. However, it is especially notable in the architecture of the Rajput princes and merchants of
Rajasthan, especially the countless jaroka-the roofs of the 1799
Palace of the Winds (
Hawa Mahal) in
Jaipur, and the roofs of the houses of rich merchants (
havelis) in
Jaisalmer, Mandawa and elsewhere. Some of the later memorial pavillons (
chattris), built in the 18th and 19th centuries on the incineration sites of the Hindu princes of Jaisalmer and their family members, are also covered with such roofs. Similarly, since the 19th century, the builders of many Sikh temples have used this element as the coronation of their
gurdwara, especially
Maharaja Ranjit Singh at the
Golden Temple of Amritsar. == Gallery ==