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Du Shiriya Gumbad (Mission for Indian History and Archaeology)

1959-62 Survey

Called Dū Sīṛhīyā Gumbad. Located approximately 800 m west of the Tomb of Humāyūn, about 50 m south of Lodī Road. Grid ref. I-9

This is a domed building with a square plan, a miḥrāb on the west interior wall, and entrances on the other three sides. On the east exterior wall, traces of oriel windows can be seen on either side of the entrance; on the inside of the entrance, there are two staircases leading up to the windows. The popular name Dū Sīṛhīyā Gumbad (Domed Building with Two Staircases) probably comes from this feature.

This building is now used as a residence, but traces of one tomb can still be seen. Period III.

IOC: III-11; ASI: II-90

ドー=シーリーヤー=グンバツド(Du Sirhiya Gumbad)とよばれていたもので,フマーユーンの墓の西方約800メートル,ローディー=ロードの南側約50メートルにある。附図.I-9

ドームをいただく四角平面の建物で,内部の西側にはミヒラーブをもち,他の三方には入口を開いている。外部の東面には,左右に張り出し窓の痕跡がのこっており,東入口の内側に,それらに到る二つの階段が設けられている。ドー=シーリーヤー=グンバッド(二つの階段をもつドームの建物)という俗称はこのことに由来するものであろう。

この建物は,現在では,住居として利用されているが,いまなお,一つの墓の痕跡が認められる。第Ⅲ期。

東研.Ⅲ-11;ASI.Ⅱ-90

2015-18 Survey

This is used as a private residence and could not be entered. There is a house 1m away on the east side, and the other three sides are surrounded by buildings.

　[現状]民家として利用され、内部に入ることはできなかった。東面に面して1mほどのところに家がたち、他3面は建物に囲まれる。

[平面]Monuments of Delhiによると、外形6.6m四方。西をミフラーブとし、3方を開口する壁式ドーム建築。

[外観]4面の中央部を突出させる。東面では開口部を囲む枠内に出窓を設ける。中央突出部は両脇よりもわずかに高く、開口部にはアーチ内に梁柱を用いる。壁面とドラムに頂部飾を回し釣鐘状ドームをのせ、頂部の蓮弁も大きい。

[内観]スクインチ・アーチで8角形を導き、16連のアーチで16角形とし、さらに高さの低い32連アーチ上にドームをのせる。開口部アーチ両側にアーチ型を穿つ。ミフラーブには同高のアーチを用い、上部中央にアーチを分節する。アーチやスパンドレルのメダイオンは大きく、浮彫装飾がなされる。4角形から8角形を導く際、8角形から16角形を導く際、ミフラーブのセミドーム両端には、立方体を重ねた持送装飾を用いる。東面の中央開口部両端の壁に階段を穿ち、出窓から採光する。

(Paragraphs 2nd, 3rd, and 4th from the 2015-18 Survey is translated using Google Translate)

[Plan] According to the Monuments of Delhi, the exterior dimensions are 6.6m square. It is a wall-type dome building with openings on three sides, with a mihrab on the west.

[Exterior] The centers of all four sides protrude. On the east side, a bay window is located within a frame surrounding the opening. The central protrusion is slightly higher than the sides, and beams and columns are used within the arch at the opening. A crown ornament surrounds the wall and drum, and a bell-shaped dome is placed on top, with large lotus petals at the top.

[Interior] Squinch arches form an octagon, which is then completed by 16 arches to form a 16-agon, with the dome resting on an even lower series of 32 arches. Arches are cut on both sides of the opening arch. Arches of the same height are used for the mihrab, with a segmented arch at the top center. The arches and spandrels have large medallions and are decorated with reliefs. When converting from a square to an octagon, or from an octagon to a 16-gon, corbels made of overlapping cubes are used on both ends of the semi-dome of the mihrab. Stairs are carved into the walls on both ends of the central opening on the east side, and light is let in through bay windows.

Map Reference: Grid ref. I-9

IOC Reference: T042, III-11

ASI Reference: II-90

Archived IOC Site Record: https://perma.cc/VND7-94BK

Mission Credit Line : Mission for Indian History and Archaeology, University of Tokyo, in 1959-60 , 1961-62: the Resurvey of the Delhi Monuments, Research and Information Center for Asian Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo in 2015-18.