Islamic Architecture in South Asia: Pakistan, India, BangladeshMuslim contribution towards evolving and perpetuating a distinctive style of architecture in the South Asian subcontinent has been epoch-making. Different and divergent from its local counterpart, the style was essentially a synthesized assimilation of foreign as well as local elements, which together created marvels both of religious and secular buildings. While foreign elements were introduced by the Arabs, Persians, Turks, and the Central Asians, local characteristics were borrowed from the Hindu-Jaina temples and Buddhist monastic establishments. The Muslims built their habitats according to the dictates of their faith, their taste and resources, and in accordance with the prevailing climatic conditions, availability of materials, and proficiency of technical know-how. During the last hundred years several art and architectural historians have described and evaluated the birth, adolescence, and maturity of these styles. However, a cumulative of the exploration and excavation of several archaeological sites and surveys of hitherto unknown or little known standing monuments, was yet to be attempted. The present book gives a resume of these efforts and researches, putting it in chronological perspective and geographical sequence. The material researched and illustrated by the architectural historians and published in the annual reports, memoirs and journals of the old Archaeological Survey of India and the Pakistan Department of Archaeology, has been generously and extensively adapted and included in the text. For the first time, after analytical treatment it has been presented in order to give a comprehensive picture of Islamic architecture in South Asia, up to the time of the decline and extinction of the grand Moghul Empire. |
Contents
Ghaznavid Architecture | 13 |
Architecture of the Early Turkish Sultanate | 19 |
Naked Brick Architecture | 37 |
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Agra AH/AD arched arched openings architecture arranged base brick buildings built called capital carved central centre century chamber completed construction corner courtyard created crowned decoration Delhi designed divided dome double drum earlier east Ebba Koch elaborate Elevation entrance erected evidence exterior faced five Fort fortification founded four frame friezes garden Gate gateway grand graves Ground Gujarât hall Hindu inscriptions interior Islamic Jâme Jaunpur Khan known Lahore later liwân located Mahal marble Masjid mausoleum means measuring mehrâb Moghul monuments Mosque Mughal Architecture Muhammad named octagonal original ornamentation palaces panels parapet pavilions period Persian pillars placed platform prayer projected raised recessed rectangular red sandstone remains roof rulers saint screens Shah shape side specimens square stands stone storey structure style subcontinent Sultan supported surface Thatta tiles tomb traditions treated u'd-Din various wall western
References to this book
Indian Islamic Architecture: Forms and Typologies, Sites and Monuments John Burton-Page No preview available - 2008 |