The Age of Personality Architecture, Akbar, 1556-1605

Pp.32+319, Halftone Plates 284, Colour Plates 16, Line Figures 111




This is the second volume of 4-volume series History of Mughal Architecture. It deals with the Personality Architecture of the Classical Age of Akbar, e.g. his buildings of Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri

Chapters :

 1. The Making of Akbar's Personality and Thought- Ibadat-Khanah,
     Mahzar, Allopanisad, Din-i-Ilahi, Tarikh-i-Ilahi, Sun-worship, Tuladan
 2. Agra Fort and Its Palatial Mansions- Darul-Khilafat, City Drainage,
     Fort, Delhi Darwazah, Akbar Darwazah, Bengali Mahal
 3. Water Supply system of Agra Fort - Supply from Babur's Baoli, Khizri
     Dawazah Water Works, Well House of the Bengali Mahal
 4. Fatehpur Sikri : Town Planning, Drainage and water supply - The
     Sacred Complex, Royal Complex, Public Court
 5. The Sacred Complex (Sahn-i-Ibadat) of Fatehpur Sikri - Stone
     Cutter's Mosque, Jami Masjid and Buland Darwazah, Tomb of Sheikh
     Salim Chishti
 6. Rang Mahal and the Royal Complex (Sahn-i-Khass) - Rang Mahal and
     Raniwas (Harem) Mahal-i-Ilahi, Shahi Bazar, Mina Bazar
 7. The Public Court (Sahn-i-Rayyat) and Miscellaneous buildings of
     Fatehpur Sikri - Khwabgah, Panch Mahal, Chaupar Court, Diwan-i-
     Am, Faizi's House, Caravan Sarai, Hiran Minar
 8. Ekastambha-Prasada, Ibadat-Khanah and Diwan-i-Khass - Its
     Architecture and Symbolism, Akbar's belief in sun worship
 9. Architectural Miscellany of Akbar - Jal Mahal, Kos Minar, Lahore Fort,
     Attock Fort, Nasim Bagh, Taragadh and Ajmer, Jaunpur
10. Hammam establishment of the Mughals - Hammam-i-Shahi, Hammams
     of Fatehpur Sikri, Stucco Ornamentation of Hammams
11. Epilogue : An Estimate of Akbar's Style