The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c30.s1.33.4

v3.c30.s1.33.4

This influence of Māndū is observable also in some of the later buildings at Chanderī though in their case the presence of other elements from the schools of Gwalior and Ahmadābād has had the effect of sapping the Māndū style of much of its strength. The *Jāmi‘ Masjid*, for example, which in other respects is characteristic of Mālwa, is cramped in its proportions and enfeebled by the rows of weak serpentine brackets supporting the eaves. The same meaningless brackets, which subsequently found their way into Mughal architecture at Fatehpur Sīkrī and Bayāna, also contribute to mar the appearance of the two tombs known as the Madrasa and Shāh-zādīkā. In the *Badal Mahall Gateway*, which may be presumed to have served as a commemorative arch, the process of degeneration has gone still further, and, though care has been lavished upon its details, its design as a whole is weak and ungainly.