Indian art and culture / Architecture
Mughal and later Indo-Islamic architecture
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Humayun's tomb (1570): Persian charbagh, double dome, red sandstone with marble; template for the Taj
- Fatehpur Sikri: Buland Darwaza and Jama Masjid in red sandstone, Salim Chishti's tomb in white marble, Panch Mahal, Diwan-i-Khas, Ibadat Khana; Agra fort; Sikandra
- Itimad-ud-Daula's tomb (first Mughal building fully in white marble, pietra dura), Shalimar gardens, Jahangir's tomb Lahore
- Taj Mahal, Red Fort and Jama Masjid Delhi, Moti Masjid Agra, Shahjahanabad; pietra dura and marble
- Bibi-ka-Maqbara, Badshahi mosque Lahore, Moti Masjid Red Fort; Safdarjung's tomb; decline of patronage
- Awadh style: Bara Imambara and Rumi Darwaza Lucknow (Asaf-ud-Daula) in Lakhauri brick and lime plaster, no marble or red sandstone
- Sher Shah: Purana Qila and Qila-i-Kuhna mosque, Sasaram tomb in a tank, Rohtas fort
Where to study
An Introduction to Indian Art Part I, Class XI, ch. 8 Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture
- ch. 8 Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture, pp. 1-17 (printed 109-125)
- ch. 8 Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture, Tombs (Humayun's tomb, charbagh), pp. 6-7 (printed 114-115)
- ch. 8 Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture, Decorative Forms; Taj Mahal (pietra dura), pp. 3-13 (printed 111-121)
- ch. 8 Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture, Taj Mahal; Jama Masjid, pp. 11-16 (printed 119-124)
- ch. 8 Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture, Gol Gumbad (Sher Shah's Purana Qila, Qila-i-Kuhna mosque, Sasaram), p. 15 (printed 123)
History of Medieval India · Satish Chandra
- ch. 17
- ch. 12
Indian Art and Culture · Nitin Singhania
- ch. 2
Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 4 The Mughals (16th to 17th Century)
- ch. 4 The Mughals (16th to 17th Century), pp. 1-10 (printed 39-48)
- ch. 4 The Mughals (16th to 17th Century), Who were the Mughals? (Fatehpur Sikri, Agra fort), pp. 1-2 (printed 39-40)
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History Volume II (lessons 12 to 19), full text
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, Architecture (Humayun's tomb), p. 54 (printed 50)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, Architecture (Akbar: Fatehpur Sikri, Buland Darwaza, Agra fort), pp. 53-54 (printed 49-50)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, Architecture (Jahangir: Itimad-ud-Daula's tomb, pietra dura, Shalimar), p. 54 (printed 50)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, Architecture (Shah Jahan: Taj Mahal, Red Fort, Jama Masjid), p. 54 (printed 50)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, Architecture (Aurangzeb: Bibi-ka-Maqbara, Badshahi mosque), p. 54 (printed 50)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, Sher Shah's Reforms; Architecture (Sher Shah's tomb at Sasaram, Purana Qila), p. 38 (printed 34)
UNESCO World Heritage Convention: India, properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (with inscription years) and Tentative List
- Cultural properties: Humayun's Tomb, Delhi (1993)
- Cultural properties: Fatehpur Sikri (1986); Agra Fort (1983)
- Cultural properties: Taj Mahal (1983); Red Fort Complex (2007)
InsightsIAS, Medieval Indian History topic index
- Evolution during the medieval period