HISTORIOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF INDO MUSLIM ARCHITECTURE (Medieval Architecture of India & Pakistan) PROF. R. NATH
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Indo Muslim Architecture has been greatly misrepresented by the British as a matter of policy and it is only after the Independence that its study could be undertaken in the right earnest and correct perspective. Indo Muslim Architecture is a Fine Art as much as a source of Medieval Indian History and Culture.
Chapters:
1. Published Material (1803-1947) – Memoirs, Diaries and Travel Accounts, Archaeological data, Critical works 2. Devastating Policy of East India Co. (1803-57) – Destruction of Monuments, Intellectual Subversion of Medieval History 3. Architecture : Lithic Record of History – Types of Monuments, Awareness of Architectural Heritage 4. Aspects of the Study of Indo Muslim Architecture – Sources of the Study, Medhodology, Terminology, Bibliographies, Nomenclature, Stylistic Study, Techniques, Constructional Data, Aesthetics, Symbolism and Philosophy, Sources of Inspiration, Evolutionary Process and Determinants, Theory 5. Assessment of the Style
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