Built to last in the afterlife

Next we headed to Humayun's tomb, a monumental precursor to the Taj Mahal, constructed in the mid-16th century. Fabricated from white marble and red sandstone, the tomb is set within 30 acres of tranquil formal gardens complete with pools, palms, fruit trees and the requisite irrigation canals.

The first among the large, old, heavy things we came to see.