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