List of Illustrations
List of Copyrights
Introduction/Monica Juneja
Section I : INDIGENOUS INITIATIVES, Colonial AESTHETICS, NATIONALIST Views :
1. Asar as-Sanadld/Sayyid Ahmad Khan
2. Indian Saracenic Architecture/James Fergusson
3. Indian Architecture/E.B. Havell
4. An Historical Memoir on the Qutb : Delhi/J.A. Page
5. Monuments of the Mughul Period/Percy Brown
6. The Qudsia Bagh at Delhi : Key to Late Mughal Architecture/Hermann Goetz
7. Tomb of Nizamuddin/Maulvi Zafar Hasan
8. Mosque of Shaikh Abdu-n Nabi/Maulvi Zafar Hasan
9. Symbolism of the Dome/Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
10. A Family of Great Mughal Architects/M. Abdullah Chaghtai
11. The Qutub Complex as a Social Document/Muhammad Mujeeb
Section II : IMPERIAL FORMS, REGIONAL STRUCTURES :
1. The Two-and-a-Half Day Mosque/Michael W. Meister
2. From Tamerlane to the Taj Mahal/Lisa Golombek
3. The Baluster Column-a European Motif in Mughal Architecture and its Meaning/Ebba Koch
4. New Light on the History of Two Early Mughal Monuments of Bayana/Iqtidar Alam Khan
5. The Architecture of Raja Man Singh : A Study of Sub-Imperial Patronage/Catherine B. Asher
6. Royal Architecture and Imperial Style at Vijayanagara/George Michell
7. The Architecture of Baha al-Din Tughrul in the Region of Bayana, Rajasthan/Mehrdad Shokoohy and Natalie H. Shokoohy
8. Temple Niches and Mihrabs in Bengal/Perween Hasan
9. Ancient Asian Building Techniques in Hindu and Muslim Structures of the Vijayanagara Empire and in Subsequent Indo-Islamic Monuments/Klaus Fischer
Section III : THE ARCHITECTURE OF EVERYDAY LIFE :
1. Characteristics of a Stepwell/Jutta Jain-Neubauer
2. Four Mughal Caravanserais Built during the Reigns of Jahanglr and Shah Jahan/Wayne E. Begley
3. The City as an Image of the King : Some Notes on the Town-Planning of Mughal Capitals in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries/Attilio Petruccioli
4. Hanging Gardens in the Princely Capitals of Rajasthan and in Renaissance Italy : Sacred Space, Earthly Paradise, Secular Ritual/Jan Pieper
Section IV : Art AND Politics :
1 Sources and Determinants of the Architecture at Fatehpur Sikri/Ram Nath
2 Indian Art Objects as Loot/Richard H. Davis
I. The 'Two-and-a-Half Day' Mosque :
1. Adhai-din-ka Jhorhpra, Ajmer, c. AD 1199-1225
2. Adhai-din-ka Jhorhpra, interior, Pillars
3. Adhai-din-ka Jhorhpra, interior, Great Central Ceiling
4. Adhai-din-ka Jhorhpra, Detail of Screen
5. Mahavir Temple, Osian, c. AD 1025, sub-shrine no. 3, Detail of Base
6. Mahavir Temple, Sub-shrine no. 3, Detail of Wall
II. The Baluster Column :
1. Agra Fort, Machchhi Bhawan, Completed 1837, Detail of Baladachin Originally housing Shah Jahan's Golden Throne
2. Red Fort. Delhi, 1638-48, Column of Bhadon Pavilion
3. Agra Fort, Machchhi Bhawan, Completed 1637, Baladachin
4. Balijand Mosque, Bukhara, 16th Century (columns Remodelled after the Originals)
5. Lahore Fort, Mod Masjid, Attributed to Shah Jahan's Reign, 1628-58, Engaged Colonnette, Prayer Hall
6. Heinrich Vogtherr the Elder, Coat of arms of Emperor Charles V, c. 1542
7. Diwan-i-Amm. Agra Fort, Completed 1637, wall Relief in the Loggia of the Jharoka
8. Christoph Amberger. Emperor Charles V. 1530
9. Albrecht Dlirer, Car from the Triumph of Maximilian I, 1526
10. Royal Stables and Riding Hall, Brighton, 1901-2, Archway in the Facade
III. The Architecture of Raja Man Singh :
1. Govinda Deva temple, Brindavana, 1590, Interior View from East
2. Jagat Siromani Temple, Amber, c. 1600
3. Jagat Siromani Temple, Amber, c. 1600, Detail of Exterior
4. Siva Temple, Manpur, Gaya, Late 16th Century, View from North
5. Rohitasva temple, Late 16th Century, Structure Added by Man Singh
IV. Royal Architecture and Imperial Style at Vijayanagara :
1. Vijayanagara : Section through 'Queens' Bath'
2. Vijayanagara : Rectangular Courtly Structure
3. Vijayanagara : 'Lotus Mahal'
4. Vijayanagara : Elephant Stables, Elevation and Section the Architecture of Baha al-Din Tughrul
1. Kaman, Chaurasi Khamba Masjid, Ground Plan
2. Kaman, Chaurasi Khamba Masjid, view of Eastern Elevation Showing Main entrance gateway
3. Kaman, Chaurasi Khamba Masjid, Exterior View of Western end
4. Kaman, Chaurasi Khamba Masjid, View of Qibla Colonnade from Courtyard Showing Women's Gallery
5. Kaman, Chaurasi Khamba Masjid, View of Qibla Colonnade Showing the Mimbar and its Canopy
6. Bayana, the Mosque of Ukha Mandir, Plan of the Building Showing its Present Condition. The Shaded Areas Show Later Additions at the Time of its Conversion into a Temple
7. Bayana, the Mosque of Ukha Mandir and Ukha Masjid, Ground Plan, Original Condition
8. Bayana, Ukha masjid and Ukha Mandir, View from Southeast with Ukha Masjid Facade in the Foreground
9. Bayana, Ukha Masjid, View of Riwaq
10. Bayana, Ukha Mandir, Southern View
11. Bayana, Idgah, Plan and Elevation
V. Temple Niches and Mihrabs in Bengal :
1. Masjidbarua, Mosque, AH 870/AD 1465, Interior Mihrab Wall
2. Tribeni, Mosque of Zafar Khan Ghazi, AD 1298, Ground Plan
3. Pandua, Adina mosque, AD 1375, Ground Plan
4. Hmawza, Lemyethna Temple, 11th Century, General View
5. Hmawza, Lemyethna TEMPLE, plan
6. Hmawza, Bebe Paya Temple, 11th Century, General View
7. Hmawza, Bebe Paya Temple, Plan
8. Muazampur, Mosque, AH 836-9/AD 1433-6, Exterior Mihrab Projection
VI. Ancient Asian Building Techniques :
1. Vijayanagara, Zenana Enclosure, Mortar and Brick Roof Construction
2. Hospet, a Dilapidated Temple, Square Chamber Covered by Lantern Roof
3. Vijayanagara, Elephant Stables, Corbelled Construction of a Dome
4. Bijapur, Ibrahim Rauza, Vaulted Superstructure
5. Kurnool, Stone and Plaster Vaulting
6. Golconda, Combination of Squinch and Pendentive in Vault
7. Vijayanagara, Raghunatha Temple, Vault Made up of Inverted T-beams, Placed on Pillars
8. Vijayanagara, Lotus Mahal, Flat Ceilings Spaned by Inverted T-beams
VII. Characteristics of a Stepwell :
1. Map of Gujarat Showing Location of Stepwells
2. Rani Stepwell, Patan, North Gujarat, 11th Century, View into the Stepped corridor with sculptures along the Side Walls
3. Rani Stepwell, View into Backwall of the Well with Sculptures set in Rows all around. The Central Figure is a Sculpture of Visnu Sesasayin
4. Ruda Stepwell, Adalaj, near Ahmedabad, 1499. Sculpture Representing the Great Goddess in the form of her Vehicle, the Lion, with her attribute, the Trident
5. Ruda Stepwell, Adalaj, Near Ahmedabad, 1499, Sculpture of nine Pots, Symbol of the Great Goddess in her Aspect as 'Navadurga'
6. Davad-Ankol Mata Stepwell, Section and Ground Plain
7. Adalaj Stepwell, Section
8. Adalaj Stepwell, Ground Plan
VIII. Indian Art Objects as Loot :
1. Calukya Door-Guardian, Kalyani, Karnataka, Late 10th or Early 11th Century, taken by Rajadhiraja to Gangaikondacolapuram in 1045, now in Rajaraja Museum, Thanjavur
1. Masjid-i jama, Delhi, 12th-13th century, pillars in the riwaq (Photo : M. Juneja)
2. Masjid-i jama, Delhi, 12th-13th century, riwaq pillar (Photo : M. Juneja)
3. Madina al-Azahra, Cordoba, Spain, early 10th century, remains of the palace built by Abdal Rahman, caliph of Cordoba; horseshoe arches in portal (Photo : M. Juneja)
4. Diwan-i Khas, Fatehpur Sikri, 16th century, central pillar (Photo : F. Huneke)
5. Masjid complex, Fatehpur Sikri (Photo : F. Huneke)
6. Tomb of Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri, jali (Photo : F. Huneke)
7. Mausoleum of Akbar, 17th century, Sikandra, upper storey with cenotaph and chiragdann (Photo : F. Huneke)
8. Taj Mahal, Agra, 17th century, detail of high relief carving on mausoleum fa9ade (Photo : F. Huneke)
9. Taj Mahal, Agra, 17th century, detail of pietra dura on mausoleum fa9ade (Photo : F. Huneke)
10. Lakshmana temple, Khajuraho, 10th century, sculpted frieze showing a sthapati working with a group of disciples (Photo : F. Huneke)