HISTORY OF MUGHAL ARCHITECTURE (VOL – II) PROF. R. NATH

The Age of Personality Architecture, Akbar, 1556-1605
Pp.32+319, Halftone Plates 284, Colour Plates 16, Line Figures 111
This is the second volume of 4-volume series History of Mughal Architecture. It deals with the Personality Architecture of the Classical Age of Akbar, e.g. his buildings of Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri
Chapters :
01. The Making of Akbar’s Personality and Thought- Ibadat-Khanah, Mahzar, Allopanisad, Din-i-Ilahi, Tarikh-i-Ilahi, Sun-worship, Tuladan 02. Agra Fort and Its Palatial Mansions- Darul-Khilafat, City Drainage, Fort, Delhi Darwazah, Akbar Darwazah, Bengali Mahal 03. Water Supply system of Agra Fort – Supply from Babur’s Baoli, Khizri Dawazah Water Works, Well House of the Bengali Mahal 04. Fatehpur Sikri : Town Planning, Drainage and water supply – The Sacred Complex, Royal Complex, Public Court 05. The Sacred Complex (Sahn-i-Ibadat) of Fatehpur Sikri – Stone Cutter’s Mosque, Jami Masjid and Buland Darwazah, Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chishti 06. Rang Mahal and the Royal Complex (Sahn-i-Khass) – Rang Mahal and Raniwas (Harem) Mahal-i-Ilahi, Shahi Bazar, Mina Bazar 07. The Public Court (Sahn-i-Rayyat) and Miscellaneous buildings of Fatehpur Sikri – Khwabgah, Panch Mahal, Chaupar Court, Diwan-i- Am, Faizi’s House, Caravan Sarai, Hiran Minar 08. Ekastambha-Prasada, Ibadat-Khanah and Diwan-i-Khass – Its Architecture and Symbolism, Akbar’s belief in sun worship 09. Architectural Miscellany of Akbar – Jal Mahal, Kos Minar, Lahore Fort, Attock Fort, Nasim Bagh, Taragadh and Ajmer, Jaunpur 10. Hammam establishment of the Mughals – Hammam-i-Shahi, Hammams of Fatehpur Sikri, Stucco Ornamentation of Hammams 11. Epilogue : An Estimate of Akbar’s Style
|