Indian art and culture / Architecture
Indo-Islamic architecture: Sultanate and provincial styles
Concepts to cover
- Features: true arch and dome, mortar, minar, mihrab and qibla, calligraphy, arabesque and geometry, jali, charbagh later
- Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque, Qutb Minar (Aibak and Iltutmish), Iltutmish's tomb, Alai Darwaza (Khalji, first true arch and dome)
- Tughlaq austerity: batter walls, Tughlaqabad, Ghiyasuddin's tomb, Firoz Shah Kotla, Khirki; Sayyid-Lodi octagonal tombs, double dome, Lodi gardens
- Cities of Delhi: Qila Rai Pithora, Siri, Tughlaqabad, Jahanpanah, Firozabad, Dinpanah (Purana Qila), Shahjahanabad
- Jaunpur Atala (no minaret), Bengal (Adina, Eklakhi, curved bangla roof), Gujarat (Jami Masjid Ahmedabad, Sidi Saiyyid jali, Champaner), Malwa (Mandu Jahaz and Hindola Mahal), Kashmir wooden
- Deccan: Gulbarga Jami Masjid, Bidar madrasa of Gawan, Bijapur Gol Gumbaz (whispering gallery) and Ibrahim Rauza, Golconda Charminar and Qutb Shahi tombs
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, Typologies of Structures; Categories of Styles; Architectural Influences; Decorative Forms; Materials for Construction, pp. 1-4 (printed 109-112)
- ch. 8 Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture, Minars (Qutub Minar); Materials for Construction; Tombs, pp. 1-6 (printed 109-114)
- ch. 8 Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture, Tombs (Tughlaq and Lodi tombs); Gol Gumbad (double dome), pp. 6-15 (printed 114-123)
- ch. 8 Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture, Gol Gumbad (Sher Shah's Purana Qila and the cities of Delhi), p. 15 (printed 123)
- ch. 8 Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture, Categories of Styles (provincial styles: Bengal, Jaunpur, Gujarat, Malwa, Kashmir); Mandu, pp. 2-10 (printed 110-118)
- ch. 8 Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture, Categories of Styles; Forts (Golconda, Bidar); Gol Gumbad, pp. 2-15 (printed 110-123)
History of Medieval India · Satish Chandra
- ch. 11
- ch. 14
Indian Art and Culture · Nitin Singhania
- ch. 2
Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 3 Delhi: 12th to 15th Century
- ch. 3 Delhi: 12th to 15th Century, pp. 1-9 (printed 30-38)
- ch. 3 Delhi: 12th to 15th Century, The rulers of Delhi (the cities of Delhi: Dehli-i Kuhna, Siri, Jahanpanah, Firozabad), p. 2 (printed 31)
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History, Volume I
- Lesson 10 Advent of Arabs and Turks, Architecture (Sultanate architecture: arch, dome, mortar), pp. 182-184 (printed 178-180)
- Lesson 10 Advent of Arabs and Turks, Architecture (Qutb Minar, Quwwat-ul-Islam, Alai Darwaza), pp. 182-184 (printed 178-180)
- Lesson 10 Advent of Arabs and Turks, Architecture (Tughlaq buildings), pp. 182-184 (printed 178-180)
UNESCO World Heritage Convention: India, properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (with inscription years) and Tentative List
- Cultural properties: Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi (1993)
- Cultural properties: Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park (2004); Historic City of Ahmadabad (2017)
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History Volume II (lessons 12 to 19), full text
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, Deccan Sultanates; Gol Gumbaz, pp. 44-48 (printed 40-44)