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HISTORY OF
MUGHAL ARCHITECTURE (Vol.I)
PROF. R. NATH
The Formative Period : Early Mughal
Architecture
Babur & Humayun, 1526-1570
Pp. 28+302, Halftone Plates 169 and 10 Color, Text Figures 55,
Maps 4
Being the first volume of the author's 4-volume series, it covers
the monuments (mosques, tombs, gardens, palaces and other
buildings) of Babur and Humayun
Chapters :
1. Historical Background : Maharana Kumbha of Mewar (1433-68),
Indian Vastu text on the construction of Mosque, Raja Mansingh
Tomar
of Gwalior and his monuments, an estimate of pre-
Mughal legacy
2. Babur's Innovations (1526-30) : Bagh-i-Gul Afshan at Agra,
Bagh-i-
Nilufar at Dholpur, Bagh-i-Zar Afshan
3. Architectural Projects of Humayun (1530-40, 1555) : Din Panah
Old
Fort Delhi, Sher Mandal Old Fort Delhi, Qala-i-Kuhna Masjid
Old Fort
Delhi
4. Sepulchres of the Grand Necropolis of Delhi (1530-70) : Gumbad
Atagah Khan, Lal Gumbad, Gumbad Afsarwala, Nila Gumbad,
Subz
Burj
5. Tomb of Sheikh Muhammad Ghauth at Gwalior (1565)
6. Trimukhi Mosques of Delhi (1530-70) : Trimukhi Mosques of
Sikandar Lodi's reign, Afsarwali Masjid, Isa Khan's Masjid,
Khair'ul-Manazil
7. Tomb of Humayun at Delhi (1560-70) : Prelude, Builders,
Sources,
Garden and Water devices, Design, Plan
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