Architecture of Mughal India

Inbunden, Engelska, 1992

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Beskrivning

In Architecture of Mughal India Catherine Asher presents the first comprehensive study of Mughal architectural achievements. The work is lavishly illustrated and will be widely read by students and specialists of South Asian history and architecture as well as by anyone interested in the magnificent buildings of the Mughal empire.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1992-09-24
Mått:182 x 252 x 36 mm
Vikt:1 180 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:The New Cambridge History of India
Antal sidor:402
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521267281

Utforska kategorier

Konsthistoria inom Kultur
Arkitektur inom Kultur

Recensioner i media

'The history of modern India has long needed a series of survey volumes to bring together the fruits of the past twenty-five years' intensive scholarship. This The New Cambridge History of India promises to do.' The Times Literary Supplement

Innehållsförteckning

List of plates; General editor's preface; Preface; List of abbreviations; Glossary; Map of major pre-Mughal and Mughal sites; 1. Precedents for Mughal architecture; 2. The beginnings of Mughal architecture; 3. The age of Akbar; 4. Jahangir: an age of transition; 5. Shah Jahan and the crystallization of Mughal style; 6. Aurangzeb and the Islamization of the Mughal style; 7. Architecture and the struggle for authority under the later Mughals and their successor states; Bibliographical essays; Index.