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Entitled as it is, this work ventures to study, historically and stylistically, the monuments of Fatehpur Sikri (e.g. mosques, tombs, residential palaces, administrative mansions and offices, gateways, minar, garden, bazar, dam, baolis and hammams which except for a few, commissioned by Babur between 1527 and 1529 A.D., were built during the reign of Akbar, the Great, who ruled from 1556 to 1605. He was a rare genius, the like of whom appear only once in a ...
This is a precise account of the Taj Mahal (1631-48 A.D.) which marks the perfect moment in the evolution of the Mughal Architecture of India and which is, in fact, the most beautiful monument of the medieval period. Though a vast subject, it has been dealt with here extremely briefly, covering such essential aspects of its history and architecture as the origin of its idea and design; selection of the site and land; engagement of builders and procurement of ...
This book deals with Agra, its history from the earliest times to 1803, and its monuments which have been studied and described with the help of 5 maps, 64 text figures of plans and sections, and 247 black-and-white plates. The subject has been covered and illustrated comprehensively (more than 60 buildings), and attempt has been made to make it encyclopaedic. The first chapter is devoted to the history of Agra. The second one makes a stylistic assessment of the ...