Mughal garden
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Mughal Gardens are a type of garden built by the Mughals. This style was influenced by the Persian gardens particularly the Charbagh structure, which is intended to create a representation of an earthly utopia in which humans co-exist in perfect harmony with all elements of nature.
The Shalimar Gardens in Lahore, Pakistan, are among the most famous of all Mughal-era gardens.
19th century photochrom of the Taj Mahal showing its gardens before they were levelled by the British to resemble formal English lawns
Mughal Emperor Babur supervising the creation of a garden
Bird's Eye View of the Taj Mahal at Agra, showing its gardens as well as the Mahtab Bagh
Persian gardens
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The tradition and style of garden design represented by Persian gardens or Iranian gardens is a style of "landscape" garden which emerged in the Achaemenid Empire. The paradise garden, an example of Persian garden, has influenced the design of gardens from Andalusia to India and beyond. The gardens of the Alhambra show the influence of Persian garden philosophy and style in a Moorish palace scale, from the era of al-Andalus in Spain. Humayun's Tomb and the Taj Mahal have some of the largest Persian gardens in the world, from the era of the Mughal Empire in India.
Eram Garden is a famous historic Persian garden in Shiraz, Iran
Gardens outside of the Palace of Darius I of Persia in Persepolis.
Bagh-e Babur in Kabul, Afghanistan
Chehel Sotoun pavilion and garden in Isfahan