A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c18.40
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c18.40
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capital, to the architecture of which two of Dr. Burgess's volumes are devoted. The name of the city is derived from Ahmad Shāh, Sultan of Gūjarāt from 1411 to 1443, and the earliest Muhammadan buildings date from his time. The domes of his cathedral (*Jām'i*) mosque are constructed in the Hindu fashion. The elaborate traceries and other decorative accessories of the Ahmadābād buildings will be noticed in the next chapter.