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# The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c10: Chapter XVIII

The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c10

- **Language:** English

### Chapter XVIII

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MONUMENTS OF THE MUGHUL PERIOD

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By Percy Brown, A.R.C.A., F.R.A.S.B., Secretary and Curator, Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta, formerly Principal of the Government School of Art and Keeper of the Government Art Gallery, Calcutta.

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| Neglected cities of northern India | . . . . . . . | 523 |  
| Bābur's new buildings | . . . . . . . | 524 |  
| Humāyūn's capital at Delhi | . . . . . . . | 525 |  
| Conclusion of the Sayyid-Afghān style | . . . . . . . | 526 |  
| Sher Shāh's tomb at Sasarām | . . . . . . . | 527 |  
| Other tombs of the Sūrs | . . . . . . . | 528 |  
| The Purānā Qil'a | . . . . . . . | 529 |  
| The Qil'a-i-Kuhna Masjid | . . . . . . . | 530 |  
| Tombs of Adham Khān and Humāyūn | . . . . . . . | 532 |  
| Bridge at Jaunpur | . . . . . . . | 535 |  
| Fort at Āgra | . . . . . . . | 536 |  
| Palaces in Āgra fort | . . . . . . . | 537 |  
| Fort at Lahore | . . . . . . . | 538 |  
| Fathpur Sīkrī | . . . . . . . | 539 |  
| Plan of Fathpur Sīkrī | . . . . . . . | 540 |  
| Jodh Bāī's palace | . . . . . . . | 541 |  
| Houses of Miriam and the Turkish Sultāna | . . . . . . . | 542 |  
| The Dīwān-i-Khāss | . . . . . . . | 543 |  
| The Jāmi' Masjid | . . . . . . . | 543 |  
| Buland Darwāza | . . . . . . . | 545 |  
| Tomb of Salīm Chishtī | . . . . . . . | 546 |  
| Temples at Brindāban | . . . . . . . | 547 |  
| Palaces in Rājputāna | . . . . . . . | 548 |  
| Mughul gardens | . . . . . . . | 549 |  
| Akbar's tomb | . . . . . . . | 550 |  
| Jahāngīr's tomb | . . . . . . . | 551 |  
| Tombs of Khān Khānān and I'timād-ud-Daula | . . . . . . . | 552 |  
| Buildings in white marble | . . . . . . . | 553 |  
| Shāh Jahān's palaces and mosques | . . . . . . . | 554 |  
| Delhi fort | . . . . . . . | 555 |  
| Fountains and gardens at Delhi | . . . . . . . | 557 |  
| Dīwān-i-'Ām and Jāmi' Masjid | . . . . . . . | 558 |  
| Mosques at Delhi and Āgra | . . . . . . . | 559 |  
| Tile decoration | . . . . . . . | 559 |  
| Wazīr Khān's Mosque, Lahore | . . . . . . . | 561 |  
| The Tāj Mahall | . . . . . . . | 561 |

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Its architectural technique . . . . . . . . 565 Aurangzīb's neglect of architecture . . . . . . . 566 Aurangābād . . . . . . . . . . 567 Mosque at Benares; tomb of Safdar Jang . . . . . . 568 Sind . . . . . . . . . . . 569 Deccan style at Bījāpur . . . . . . . . 570 The Gol Gumbaz . . . . . . . . . 571 The Jāmi‘ Masjid, Bījāpur . . . . . . . . 573 Khāndesh . . . . . . . . . . 575

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LIST OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES

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General . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Numismatic . . . . . . . . . . 577 Chapter I . . . . . . . . . . 577 Chapter II . . . . . . . . . . 578 Chapter III . . . . . . . . . . 578 Chapters IV and V . . . . . . . . . 579 Chapter VI . . . . . . . . . . 580 Chapter VII . . . . . . . . . . 581 Chapters VIII and X . . . . . . . . . 582 Chapter IX . . . . . . . . . . 586 Chapter XI . . . . . . . . . . 587 Chapter XII . . . . . . . . . . 588 Chapter XIII . . . . . . . . . . 588 Chapter XIV . . . . . . . . . . 590 Chapter XV . . . . . . . . . . 592 Chapter XVI . . . . . . . . . . 592 Chapter XVII . . . . . . . . . . 593 Chapter XVIII . . . . . . . . . . 596

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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES

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India . . . . . . . . . . . 599 Burma . . . . . . . . . . . 611

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DYNASTIC LISTS AND GENEALOGICAL TABLES

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1\. The Mughul emperors of India . . . . . . . 614–15 2\. The Sūr dynasty . . . . . . . . . 616–17 3\. The Marāthās . . . . . . . . . 618–19 4\. The Peshwās . . . . . . . . . 620 5\. The Nawābs of Oudh . . . . . . . . 621 6\. The Nizāms of Hyderābād . . . . . . . 622 7\. The Toungoo dynasty in Burma . . . . . . . 623

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LIST OF MAPS

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1\. India in 1525 . . . . . . . . \*facing p.\* 1 2\. India in 1605 . . . . . . . . 155 3\. India in 1707 . . . . . . . . 318 4\. India in 1761 . . . . . . . . 388 5\. Burma . . . . . . . . . . 477 6\. India, Afghānistān and Transoxiana . . . . . \*at end of book\*

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