Architecture and Art of the Deccan Sultanates

Name: Architecture and Art of the Deccan Sultanates
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ISBN: 9780521563215

ISBN-10: 0521563216

ISBN-13: 9780521563215

Edition: 1999

Authors: George Michell, Mark Zebrowski, C. A. Bayly, Gordon Johnson, John F. Richards

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This is the first book to offer an overall survey of architectural and artistic traditions and to place them within their historical context. This will be a source of inspiration to all those interested in the culture of India.

Book details

List price: $183.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/10/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 324
Size: 7.13" wide x 10.04" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English

John F. Richards is Professor of History at Duke University. He is the author of The Mughal Empire (1993) and Mughal Administration in Golconda (1975) and the editor of Land, Property and the Environment (2001). He is coeditor of World Deforestation in the Twentieth Century (1988) and Global Deforestation and the Nineteenth-Century World Economy (1983).



Introduction



Historical framework



Forts and palaces



Mosques and tombs



Architectural decoration



Miniature painting: Ahmadnagar and Bijnapur



Miniature painting: Golconda and other centres



Textiles, metalwork and stone objects



Temples



Conclusion