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On account of the intense interest taken and vigorous efforts made in raising magnificent and spacious buildings by Shah Jahan the Mughal period in general and his period in specific came to be known as the golden period of Indian architecture. During his period architecture reached its highest water mark in India.

Important features of Shah Jahan’s buildings are: 1. Buildings have no parallel in symmetry of design 2. Have a great variety - cities, forts, gardens, mosques and palaces etc. 3.Located at different places like Agra, Ahmedabad, Ajmer, Delhi, Lahore, Kabul and Kashmir 4. Display a synthesis of Indian and foreign architectural style. 5. Mostly built with white marble in place of red stone.

6. The technique of ‘pietra dura’, a method of decoration on a large scale—inlaid work of jewels. 7. Massive dome and the four slender minarets linking the platform to the main building. Some of his architecture marvels are Taj Mahal, Moti Masjid, Jama Masid, Red fort in Agra, Shah Jahan was equally interested in gardens. Some of the famous gardens laid out by him are the Wazir Bagh in Kashmir, Shalimar Gardens near Lahore, the Talkatora Bagh and Shalimar Gardens at Delhi

To sum up, Shah Jahan’s buildings (architecture) combine firmness and vastness with beauty and delicacy. They possess the lustre of a gem and light of the moon.