Give short answers for the following questions. (20-30 words)
1. Why did rulers build monuments?
What is Indo-Islamic architecture?
3. What were the architectural features adopted by the Muslim rulers?
4. Name some materials used in the construction of havelis.
5. Which was the first structure in India to use the double dome?
Answers
1. to commemorate events mainly a victory in a battle;
Indo-Islamic architecture is the architecture of the Indian subcontinent produced by and for Islamic patrons and purposes. ... The types and forms of large buildings required by Muslim elites, with mosques and tombs much the most common, were very different from those previously built in India.
3. Jali, stone openwork screens, are introduced here (I have a doubt in this)
4. bricks, sandstone, marble, wood, plaster, and granite are commonly used materials.
5.tomb of Humayun
The attempts in the direction of Double Dome started with tomb of Taj Khan (1501 ) and the tomb of Sikandar Lodi (1518), both in Delhi. However, the fully mature form of the double dome is seen, for the first time in India in the tomb of Humayun.