The Architecture of the Indian SultanatesAbha Narain Lambah, Alka Patel The period of the Sultanates is typically defined as beginning with the Ghurid incursions into north India in the 1190s, and ending with the coming of the Mughals in 1526. However, regional architectural traditions did continue after that, fading out only many decades later. Thirty-five sultans ruled from Delhi, and many more in the provinces, effecting the maturation of a style that progressed from an architecture of demolition and recycling to a synthesis of East and West, creating one of the finest moments of Islamic architectural history. This volume includes in-depth analyses of the architecture of the Suri dynasty, Delhi under the Tughluqs, Sindh, Narnaul, Jaunpur, Gujarat, Malwa, Bengal, and the Charminar in Hyderabad |
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CONTENTS | 9 |
Commemorative Architecture in the Indus Valley | 19 |
Town Planning and Architecture under the Tughluqs 13201413 | 31 |
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16th centuries Ahmad Alka Patel arches architectural traditions Atala Mosque Bahmani Bengal Bhadresvar Bharuch brick building built capital carved central centre Charminar chaubara circa complex Congregational Mosque construction courtyard cultural Darwaza Deccan decoration Delhi Sultanate dome dynasty entrance exterior Firuz Shah Fuhrer gateway Gaur Ghiyath al-Din Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq Ghurid Gujarat Hasan Hindu Hushang Hyderabad Ibrahim Ibrahim Sur Indus Valley inscription interior Islamic Jahanpanah Jami Masjid Jaunpur Jhanjri Khalji Khan Khirki madrasa Mahmud Shah Malik Malwa Mandu metres Michael Brand mihrab monuments Mosque figure Mughal Muslim Narnaul octagonal Pakistan palace Pandua patron patronage period Photograph plinth political portal Punjab qibla qibla wall Qutb Shahi Ravi Kapoor region reign religious reused royal ruler Sasaram Shah's Sharqi Sher Shah Sher Shah Sur Shihab Hakim Shiharan Nandy shrine Sikandar Lodi Sindh Siri stepwells stone structures style subcontinent sultanate architecture Sur's tomb Tanmaya Tathagat temple Timur Tughluq sultan Tughluqabad urban vaulted
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Indian Islamic Architecture: Forms and Typologies, Sites and Monuments John Burton-Page No preview available - 2008 |