History Of Mughal Architecture The Transitional Phase Of Colour And Design Jeh Ng R 1605 1627 A D

This Volume Of The Author S 5-Vol Series History Of Mughal Architecture Studies Such Aspects Of The Architecture Of Jehangir S Age (1605-27 A.D.) As Public Works (Roads-And-Sarais), Gardens And Garden-Pavilions, Palatial Mansions And Shikargahs, Picture Wall Of Lahore Fort And Tombs, Each In A Separate Chapter. It Covers 43 Monuments, Extending From Kabul To Allahabad, And Kashmir To Burhanpur, And The Scope Of This Volume Is Much Wider Than The Earlier Ones.That Public Works As Roads, Kos-Minars, Bridges, Sarais, Wells, Baolis And Porters Walls Were Built And Maintained At Government Expense Testifies That The; Mughal State Was Fully Alive To The Welfare Of Its Subjects. Four Masonry Bridges Have Been Specifically Studied. Jehangir Was Greatly Interested In Gardens, And Garden-Craft Received A Distinct Form Under His Patronage. Palaces Were Built Amidst Gardens, Mostly On The Riverbank, With Characteristic Idioms Of The Age. A Unique Building Complex, Which Developed Under Him, Was Shikargah (Hunting Lodge) And Four Representative Examples Have Been Studied. The Glazed-Tiled Picture Wall Of The Lahore Fort Is Unique In Respect Of Its Scale, Scheme And Subjects. Originally, It Covered An Immense Mural Area 500 Yards In Length And 16 Yards In Height, By An Ingenious System Of Panelling Which, Besides Stylized Florals, Arabesques And Geometricals, Depicted Beautiful Figurative Compositions. Architect, Potter, Painter And Glazed-Tiler Collaborated On This Grand Project Which Has No Parallel In The World.Domeless Tomb With A Barahdari With Chaukhandi Roof Or A Plain Chabutarah Was Also A Unique Growth Of This Age And The Most Notable Tombs Of This Class, As Those Of Akbar, I Timad-Ud-Daulah And Jehangir, Have Been Studied In Detail. Development Of Such Distinctive Architectural Features As Dado , Gateway And Minar Also Belongs To This Period, During Which Unprecedented Emphasis Was Given On Ornamentation, Which Is Why This Art-Epoch Is Noted For Colour And Design . This Study Has Been Made In The Context Of, And With Reference To, The Cultural Milieu Which Produced It And This Is Not Only A History Of Jehangir S Architecture But Also A History Of Jehangir S Age And History Of Jehangir S India. It Is A History Of Those Tender Feelings, Sublime Thoughts And Subtle Ideas Which Go To Make A Civilization, Not Of Those Political Intrigues And Feuds, And Military Conflicts Which Destroy It.

The Transitional Phase of Colour and Design, Jehangir, 1605-1627Pp. 654, Halftone Plates 315, Line illustrations 93, Colour 48This volume of series 'History of Mughal Architecture' studies such aspects of the Architecture of Jehangir's age (1605-27) as Public Works, Garden and Garden Pavilions, Palatial Mansions and Shikargahs and Tombs. It covers 43 Monuments, extending from Kabul to Allahabad, and Kashmir to Burhanpur.Chapters:1. Personality of Jehangir - His interests, Engagements and Pastimes -Harem, Nur Jehan and Anarkali, Shikar, Mina Bazar, Religious views, Circumcision, Mansabdari, Coinage2. Public Works (Roads and Sarais) - Battis Khambha, Arab Sarai, NurMahal, Caravan Sarai Lahore, Guru-ka-tal, Barahpula, Salimgarh, Nurabad Bridge3. Garden and Garden Pavilions - Tomb Gardens, Palace Gardens, PlainGardens, Agra, Lahore, Burhanpur, Ahmedabad, Kairana, Sirhind, Kabuland Kashmir4. Palatial Mansions and Shikargahs (Hunting Lodges)- Palace in AgraFort, Ajmer, Badshahi Mahal Pushkar, Lahore Fort, Allahabad Fort, Mandu Fort, Kashmir, Bairath, Rupbas5. Picture Wall of the Lahore Fort (1612-19) - Scale, Chronology, Scheme, Subjects, Inspiration from Painting, Aesthetic Appraisal6. Tombs - Domeless- Tomb of Shah Begum, Tomb of Akbar, Mariam-uz-Zamani, Itibar Khan, Itimad-ud-Daulah, Aziz Koka, Jehangir'sTomb, Tomb of Nur Jehan; Domed Tombs - Khusrau Bagh, AbdurRahim Khan-i-Khanan etc7. Epilogue: An Estimate of the Architectural Style of Jehangir's A

This Is Part 1 Of Vol. Iv Of The Multi-Volume Series: History Of Mughal Architecture, Three Volumes Of Which Have Already Been Published. This Volume Deals With Shah Jehan S Age Of Architectural Aestheticism (1628-1658 A.D.) And Its Representative Monuments, Some Of Which Mark The Zenith Of The Style. This Part Has Seven Chapters. Sources Of The History Of This Period Have Been Enumerated In Chapter 1. The Second Chapter Deals With Shah Jehan & His Times: The Land, The People And The Culture And Studies The Literatures, Art And Crafts Which Went Into The Making Of The Mughal Civilization. Administrative Buildings Have Been Studied In Chapter 3, With Such Institutions As Durbar And Jharokha , With Which They Were Associated.Contemporary Persian Histories And Accounts Of Foreign Travelers Have Been Utilized, And Quoted Wherever Necessary For Authentication. It Is Adequately Illustrated By 86 Colour And 380 B & W Plates, 15 Persian Katbas And 160 Figures Of Plans, Sections, Elevations And Sketches.

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 SikriChapters:01. The Making of Akbar's Personality and Thought- Ibadat-Khanah, Mahzar, Allopanisad, Din-i-Ilahi, Tarikh-i-Ilahi, Sun-worship, Tuladan02. Agra Fort and Its Palatial Mansions- Darul-Khilafat, City Drainage, Fort, Delhi Darwazah, Akbar Darwazah, Bengali Mahal03. Water Supply system of Agra Fort - Supply from Babur's Baoli, Khizri Dawazah Water Works, Well House of the Bengali Mahal04. Fatehpur Sikri: Town Planning, Drainage and water supply - The Sacred Complex, Royal Complex, Public Court05. The Sacred Complex (Sahn-i-Ibadat) of Fatehpur Sikri - Stone Cutter's Mosque, Jami Masjid and Buland Darwazah, Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chishti06. Rang Mahal and the Royal Complex (Sahn-i-Khass) - Rang Mahal and Raniwas (Harem) Mahal-i-Ilahi, Shahi Bazar, Mina Bazar07. 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 Minar08. Ekastambha-Prasada, Ibadat-Khanah and Diwan-i-Khass - Its Architecture and Symbolism, Akbar's belief in sun worship09. Architectural Miscellany of Akbar - Jal Mahal, Kos Minar, Lahore Fort, Attock Fort, Nasim Bagh, Taragadh and Ajmer, Jaunpur10. Hammam establishment of the Mughals - Hammam-i-Shahi, Hammams of Fatehpur Sikri, Stucco Ornamentation of Hammams11. Epilogue: An Estimate of Akbar's Style

The Present work is an intensive study of the origin and development of the ornament in Mughal Architecture. It is the 'beautiful' which is most distinctive characteristic and the dominating theme of this style and it is this which primarily occupied contemplation of Mughal Builders. This 'beautiful' has not appeared in the Mughal Monuments unconsciously or by chance; this has been brought about with greatest amount of thought and planning through various means and methods.The Mughal Architects from Akbar to Shah Jehan worked out the minutest details of the structure and the surface which he intended to adorn. Mughals adopted almost all the decorative schemes, designs and motifs which were then known in the Orient. They used arch and dome, and also pillars, strut, chhatri and kalasa; inscriptions in Naskhi and Nastaliq characters, arabesque, stalactite and geometricals and also animate designs composed of hastin, makara, hansa, and mayura and symbolic motifs of the ancient Hindus such as kalasa, padma, gavaksa, kirttimukha, svastika, cakra and satkona - to quote some examples of his choice of ornament - is representative of lucid skill and amazing capacity to accept, adopt and assimilate.This book explains scores of obscure and controversial points and corrects the popular misnomers; it brings to light facts which were not known, e.g. the use by the Mughals of fabulous animals, Tantric symbols and Chinese Cloud forms to quote only a few examples. Study of this aspect of Mughal Architecture would help us to present the History of our Medieval culture in its true spirit and correct perspective.This title was published in 1980 and it is its updated second edition. Ajay Nath