Write a short note upon medieval architecture of india
Answers
Answered by
8
- The architecture of the Delhi Sultanate
- The arch and dome were new architectural additions.
- Using lime-mortar in building and residential design altered building techniques.
- True arch construction was a significant feature of the period architectural style.
- A four-centered arch design was introduced in their buildings by the Tughluqs in the 14th century.
- Stone has been used abundantly in the masonry work of this period.
- The material for plastering buildings was gypsum.
- Lime-plaster was reserved for areas to be protected against water leakage as in walls, canals, and drains.
- In the later period, gypsum mortar became popular in buildings.
- Monuments like the Quwwatul Islam mosque (1198), Qutab Minar (1199–1235), Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra (1200) and Iltutmish’s tomb represent the early forms of Indo- Islamic architecture.
- The early buildings show signs of being worked upon by local craftsmen while the later buildings show the development or the maturing of the Indo-Islamic style.
- In these monuments, one can see the dome’s gradual creation and true arch.
- The closest examples are Iltutmish (1233–34) and Balban (1287–88).
- The Qutub Complex Alai Darwaza (1305) and the Nizamuddin Jamat Khana Masjid (1325) are examples of the Khalji era.
- The new architectural style of the Tughluq period:
- the stone rubble was used as the principal building material
- the battering of walls and bastions
- the four-centered arch
- pointed dome
- an octagonal plan of tomb building.
- the “batter” or sloping walls
Similar questions
Social Sciences,
3 months ago
Political Science,
3 months ago
Hindi,
3 months ago
Hindi,
7 months ago
Chemistry,
7 months ago
Physics,
10 months ago
Math,
10 months ago
Math,
10 months ago