The Transitional Phase of Colour and Design,
Jehangir, 1605-1627

Pp. 654, Halftone Plates 315, Line illustrations 93, Colour 48


This volume of series 'History of Mughal Architecture' studies such aspects of the Architecture of Jehangir's age (1605-27) as Public Works, Garden and Garden Pavilions, Palatial Mansions and Shikargahs and Tombs. It covers 43 Monuments, extending from Kabul to Allahabad, and Kashmir to Burhanpur.

Chapters :

1. Personality of Jehangir - His interests, Engagements and Pastimes -
    Harem, Nur Jehan and Anarkali, Shikar, Mina Bazar, Religious views,
    Circumcision, Mansabdari, Coinage
2. Public Works (Roads and Sarais) - Battis Khambha, Arab Sarai, Nur
    Mahal, Caravan Sarai Lahore, Guru-ka-tal, Barahpula, Salimgarh,
    Nurabad Bridge
3. Garden and Garden Pavilions - Tomb Gardens, Palace Gardens, Plain
    Gardens, Agra, Lahore, Burhanpur, Ahmedabad, Kairana, Sirhind, Kabul
    and Kashmir
4. Palatial Mansions and Shikargahs (Hunting Lodges)- Palace in Agra
    Fort, Ajmer, Badshahi Mahal Pushkar, Lahore Fort, Allahabad Fort,
    Mandu Fort, Kashmir, Bairath, Rupbas
5. Picture Wall of the Lahore Fort (1612-19) - Scale, Chronology,
    Scheme, Subjects, Inspiration from Painting, Aesthetic Appraisal
6. Tombs - Domeless- Tomb of Shah Begum , Tomb of Akbar, Mariam-
    uz-Zamani, Itibar Khan, Itimad-ud-Daulah, Aziz Koka, Jehangir's
    Tomb, Tomb of Nur Jehan; Domed Tombs - Khusrau Bagh, Abdur
    Rahim Khan-i-Khanan etc
7. Epilogue : An Estimate of the Architectural Style of Jehangir's Age