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 |
Contents
IO Introduction | 32 |
Akbar 963101415561605 | 43 |
Jahangir 1014103716051627 | 70 |
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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 Begley buildings Calcutta central century chhatri complex construction court courtyard coved ceilings Dargah Darwaza Delhi Diwan-i Amm emperor Fatehpur Sikri feature funerary garden gate Golombek ground-plan Gujarat hall hammam hasht bihisht Humayun's Humayun's tomb imperial India intarsia Islamic Itimad iwan Jahanara Jahangir Jami Masjid Jamic jilau khana Khan khāna Khusrau Koch Lahore mausoleum Minar minarets mosque Moti Masjid motifs Mughal architecture Muhammad muqarnas niches ninefold plan Nizamuddin octagonal pattern pavilion Photo pietre dure pillared pishtaq podium prayer-hall Red Fort red sandstone reign residential Safawid sara'i sepulchral architecture Shah Jahan Shahjahanabad Sikandra Society of Bengal stone intarsia stucco style Sultanate Taj Mahall Timurid tomb type trabeate trans vault verandah wall water palace Wazir white marble wings Zafar Hasan zanana