Built over the grave of Humayun, the second Mughal emperor, the tomb precedes its more glamorous ‘descendant’, the Taj Mahal, by about 100 years. Historically, its appearance on India’s architectural landscape of the time is startling, as nothing that came before it comes close in grace and scale. The final resting place of the emperor who nearly lost his adolescent empire has all the classic features of Mughal architecture: elegance, symmetry, geometry, the use of red sandstone and marble, and a garden of fours, amidst which it stands. As a bonus, we take you to the small, unobtrusive hospice of the Sufi saint, Nizamuddin.