Question

In what ways are the monuments built during the Sultanate period different from the earlier period

Answer 1

In Sultanate period, the Muslim emperors involved in the reconstruction of the monuments that are built in earlier period.

Instead of starting a new architecture, they destroyed few or whole portions of Hindu temples and converted it into Mosques.

Sultanate kings deformed the Hindu monuments into Muslim tombs by utilizing the scratch rocks and stones of temples.

Answer 2

During the Sultanate period we see a great amount of progress in the field of architecture.

The architecture during the Sultanate period can be segregated into three sections.

The first refers to the imperial architecture in Delhi, which was influenced heavily by the provincial architecture.

The second was the provincial style of architecture. The last one was the hindu style of architecture which was influenced by the imperial style too.