Jharkhand PSC Prelim Exam 18-Dec-2016 Solved Paper

(3) The year 1287 AD was critical in the evolution of Indian architecture. It was in this year that the true arch finally made its first ever appearance in India. The tomb of Ghiyas ud din Balban, located in Mehrauli, Delhi, near the Quwwat ul Islam complex became the first building in the subcontinent to have true arched openings. Earlier Sultanate memorials had ‘false’arches.