Mughal Architecture: An Outline of Its History and Development (1526-1858)Koch offers a visual testament to the palaces, tombs, and other buildings produced under the six Mughal leaders who ruled in succession from 1526-1858 in an area that included parts of present- day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Afghanistan, and Soviet Central Asia. Includes 180 photographs (30 in color) and 45 plans. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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IO Introduction | 15 |
Babur 93293715261530 | 32 |
Akbar 963101415561605 | 43 |
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Agra Agra fort Ajmer Akbar al-Din Allahabad arch-netting arches architects Aurangzib Babur Bagh Bagh-i baldachin baluster baluster column bangla Baradari bays bazaar street Begam buildings central century chhatri complex construction court courtyard coved ceilings Dargah Darwaza Delhi Diwan-i Amm Diwan-i Khass emperor Fatehpur Sikri feature funerary garden gate Golombek ground-plan Gujarat hall hammam hasht bihisht Humayun's Humayun's tomb imperial India intarsia iwan Jahanara Jahangir Jami Masjid jilau khana Khan Khan-i Khanan khāna Khusrau Koch Lahore mausoleum Minar minarets mosque Moti Masjid motifs Mughal architecture Muhammad niches ninefold plan Nizamuddin octagonal pattern pavilion Photo pietre dure pillared pishtaq podium prayer-hall Red Fort red sandstone reign residential riverside Safawid sara'i sepulchral architecture Shah Burj Shah Jahan Shahjahanabad Sikandra stone intarsia stucco style Sultanate Taj Mahall Timurid tomb of Shaykh tomb type trabeate trans Transoxanian vault verandah wall water palace white marble wings Zafar Hasan zanana