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Very little has been published on Murshidabad, the last independent capital of Bengal, while the British capital of Calcutta has been the subject of numerous books. Murshidabad was a place of great importance in the first half of the 18th century. The wealth of its nawabs was fabled and the region produced luxury goods which first attracted European trading companies. Murshidabad at its peak was extravagantly compared to London for its bustling trade, fine ...
This book is unique in developing methodology for the study of the Nawabi buildings and the same approach has been effectively used to study other 17th/18th century buildings of India. It attempts to weave a tapestry that can deal with the multifaceted nature of the court life of a Nawab and its manifestation in architecture. The historiography confirms the need to re-evaluate the architectural scholarship of the 17th/18th century architecture of Lucknow and ...
The architecture of Lucknow is an example of 18th and 19th century India. The Nawabs of Awadh who ruled from this city built many splendid structures mainly kothis (villas), imambaras (building where Muharram is commemorated), and Karbalas (shrines, burial places). This book elaborated on the history of the city, its various monuments and specially the Imambara complexes. The text has been elucidated with drawings, Hindi text by Ashutosh Shukla and beautiful ...