•   Features of Hindu influences on Tughlaq architecture include the flat lintel instead of pointed arch, pillars, windows with balconies and eaves and railings.

•   Tughlaqs built three main types of tombs: square, octagonal and pavilion. .

•   A notable feature of the tomb is the sloping walls, at a 75 degree angle with the ground instead of vertical walls.

•   This architectural style is similar to the sloping walls of the Hindola Mahal in Mandu, Madhya Pradesh.

•   It is so called because of the distinctive sloping walls which give an impression that the palace is swaying from side to side.

•   Perhaps the wall design was intended to buttress the heavy stone arches that support the ceiling.

•   The inside walls are vertical and plain.

•   Example: Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq

o  The tomb Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq is simple, monotonous and heavy structures in Indo-Islamic architecture built during the Tughlaq dynasty (1320–1413).

o  The tomb was constructed in 1325 by Ferozshah Tughlaq.

o  It is built of red sandstone and white marble, materials commonly used in Islamic structures at that time.

o  It has a dome of white marble.

o  It is considered to be one of the earliest masterpieces built of red sandstone and white marble.

o  There are no Minarets surrounding the tomb.

o  A notable feature of the tomb is the sloping walls, at a 75 degree angle with the ground instead of vertical walls.

o  This architectural style is similar to the sloping walls of the Hindola Mahal (Swing palace) in Madhya Pradesh.

Sloping walled architecture of Tughlaq period