The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c15: Chapter XXII

The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c15

Language: English

Chapter XXII

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By DON MARTINO DE ZILVA WICKREMASINGHE, Professor of Tamil in the School of Oriental Studies, University of London

Kalinga Vijaya-Bāhu, the invader . . . . . . . 559 Parakkama-Bāhu II expels the invaders from Ceylon . . . . 560 Reign of Parakkama-Bāhu II . . . . . . . 561 Bhuvaneka-Bāhu I, Parakkama-Bāhu III, Bhuvaneka-Bāhu II, Parakkama-Bāhu IV, and Bhuvaneka-Bāhu III . . . . 562 Bhuvaneka-Bāhu IV, Parakkama-Bāhu V, Vikkama-Bāhu III, Ārya Chakravarti of Jaffna, Bhuvaneka-Bāhu V . . . . 563 Overthrow of the Tamil, Ārya Chakravarti . . . . . 564 Chinese invasion . . . . . . . . . 565 Parakkama-Bāhu VI . . . . . . . . 565 Jaya-Bāhu II, Bhuvaneka-Bāhu VI, Parakkama-Bāhu VII, Parakkama-Bāhu VIII . . . . . . . . 566 Parakkama-Bāhu IX. Arrival of the Portuguese . . . . 567

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CHAPTER XXIII

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THE MONUMENTS OF MUSLIM INDIA

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By Sir JOHN MARSHALL, C.I.E., M.A., Litt.D., Ph.D., Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India

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Influence of India and of Islam on Indo-Islamic Art . . . . 568 Local styles of Muhammadan architecture . . . . . . 569 Hindu and Muslim art . . . . . . . . 570 Union of strength and grace in Indo-Islamic architecture . . . 571 Influence of Hindu on Muslim art . . . . . . . 572 The Delhi group of Islamic monuments . . . . . . 573 Persian architecture . . . . . . . . 574 Monuments at Ghaznī . . . . . . . . 575 The Quwwat-ul-Islām mosque . . . . . . . 576 The Qutb Mīnār . . . . . . . . . 578 Sultān Ghārī . . . . . . . . . 580 Arhāī-din-kā-Jhompra at Ajmer . . . . . . . 581 Appearance of the true arch . . . . . . . 582 Jamā'at Khāna Masjid and 'Alāī Darvāza . . . . . 583 Defences of Sīrī . . . . . . . . . 584

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| Tughluqābād . . . . . . . . . | 585 |
| Public works of Fīrūz Shāh . . . . . . . | 587 |
| Monotony of the architecture of the Tughluqs . . . . | 589 |
| Fīrūzābād . . . . . . . . . | 590 |
| College and tomb of Fīrūz Shāh . . . . . . | 591 |
| Tomb of Tilangānī . . . . . . . . | 592 |
| The Lāl Gumbad . . . . . . . . | 593 |
| Tombs of the Sayyids . . . . . . . | 594 |
| Tombs of the Lodī period . . . . . . . | 595 |
| The Moth-kī-Masjid . . . . . . . . | 596 |
| Multān . . . . . . . . . . | 597 |
| Bengal . . . . . . . . . . | 599 |
| The buildings of Gaur . . . . . . . . | 601 |
| The Ādīna Masjid of Pāndua . . . . . . . | 602 |
| Buildings of Sikandar Shāh's reign and the Eklākhī tomb at Pāndua . | 603 |
| The Dākhil Darwāza at Gaur . . . . . . | 604 |
| The Tāntipāra mosque . . . . . . . | 605 |
| The Gunmant mosque . . . . . . . | 606 |
| The monuments of Husain Shāh . . . . . . | 607 |
| Gujarāt . . . . . . . . . | 608 |
| The Jāmi‘ Masjid at Cambay. Ahmadābād, Songarh, Dohad, and Ahmadnagar . . . . . . . . . | 609 |
| The Jāmi‘ Masjid of Ahmadābād. . . . . . | 610 |
| Tombs of the kings at Sarkhej . . . . . . | 611 |
| Mahmūd Begarha . . . . . . . . | 612 |
| Chāmpāner . . . . . . . . . | 613 |
| The step-wells of Gujarāt . . . . . . . | 614 |
| The minarets of Gujarāt . . . . . . . | 615 |
| Mosque of Siddī Sayyid . . . . . . . | 616 |
| Dhār and Mānadū . . . . . . . . | 617 |
| The Hindolā Mahall and Jāmi‘ Masjid at Mānadū . . . | 619 |
| Tomb of Hūshang . . . . . . . . | 620 |
| The Jahāz Mahall . . . . . . . . | 621 |
| Bayāna and Nāgaur . . . . . . . | 622 |
| Fathābād and Chanderī . . . . . . . | 623 |
| Badaun . . . . . . . . . | 624 |
| Īrich and Kālpī . . . . . . . . | 625 |
| Jaunpur . . . . . . . . . | 626 |
| The Jhanjhrī Masjid, the Lāl Darwāza, and the Jāmi‘ Masjid at Jaunpur . . . . . . . . . | 627 |
| The Deccan . . . . . . . . . | 629 |
| Daulatābād . . . . . . . . . | 630 |
| Gāwilgarh, Narnāla, Māhūr, and the fortresses of the Deccan . . | 631 |
| Bīdar and Parenda . . . . . . . . | 632 |
| Narnāla. Gulbarga . . . . . . . . | 633 |
| The Jāmi‘ Masjid of Gulbarga . . . . . . | 634 |
| Bīdar . . . . . . . . . . | 635 |
| The College of Mahmūd Gāvān. The Solā Khamb Mosque, and the Gāgan, Tarkash, Chīnī, and Nagīna Mahalls . . . | 636 |
| Berar, Bīdar, Bījāpur, and Golconda. Khāndesh . . . | 637 |
| Kashmīr . . . . . . . . . | 638 |
| The Jāmi‘ Masjid at Srīnagar . . . . . . | 639 |
| The mosque of Shāh Hamadān . . . . . . | 640 |

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| | | | PAGE |
| Bibliographies | . . . . . . . . . . . | . | 641 |
| Chronology | . . . . . . . . . . . | . | 664 |
| Index | . . . . . . . . . . . | . | 716 |
| Plates I—LI | . . . . . . . . . . . | . | *at end* |