Architecture and Art of the Deccan Sultanates, Volume 7The Muslim kingdoms of the Deccan plateau flourished from the fourteenth to eighteenth centuries. During this period, the Deccan sultans built palaces, mosques and tombs, and patronised artists who produced paintings and decorative objects. Many of these buildings and works of art still survive as testimony to the sophisticated techniques of their craftsmen. This volume is the first to offer an overall survey of these architectural and artistic traditions and to place them within their historical context. The links which existed between the Deccan and the Middle East, for example, are discernible in Deccani architecture and paintings, and a remarkable collection of photographs, many of which have never been published before, testify to these influences. The book will be a source of inspiration to all those interested in the rich and diverse culture of India, as well as to those concerned with the artistic heritage of the Middle East. |
Contents
Introduction I | 1 |
Forts and palaces | 23 |
Mosques and tombs | 63 |
Architectural decoration | 115 |
Ahmadnagar and Bijapur | 145 |
Golconda and other centres | 191 |
Textiles metalwork and stone objects | 226 |
Temples | 246 |
Conclusion | 268 |
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Common terms and phrases
Ahmad Ahmadnagar al-Mulk Alauddin angled arabesque arcaded arched openings arched recesses architecture artist Aurangabad Aurangzeb Bahmani Baridi Bidar Bijapur black basalt brackets building Burhanpur carved central chamber Char Minar chhatri citadel Colour Plate corner court courtly curving Daulatabad Deccani Deccani painting decorated Delhi domical tops doorway eaves eighteenth century elephant entrance façade finials flanked gate George Michell Golconda Gulbarga Hindu Husain Hyderabad Ibrahim Adil Shah India inscription Iranian Islamic Jami mosque Khan kilometres lobed Mahal Malik Malik Ambar mandapa Maratha Mark Zebrowski mausoleum medallions metres middle mihrab minarets miniature monuments mosque motifs Mughal Muhammad Quli Museum niches Nizam Shahi octagonal painter palace panels parapet pavilions Persian petalled plaster plasterwork portrait prayer hall private collection Pune Qutb Shahi Raigad reign roofed royal rulers seventeenth century Shaykh Shivaji side sixteenth century stone style Sultan Ibrahim Adil surviving temple throne tiers tiles tilework tomb towers Tughluq vaults Vijayanagara walls