Indian architecture, its psychology, structure, and history from the first Muhammadan invasion to the present day (1913)
Havell, E. B. (Ernest Binfield), 1861-1934 · London, J. Murray · leaf 332
e eclecticism of its details. Probably one of Akbar’s Persian painters drew a rough sketch of one of the famous mosques at Ispahan or Baghdad, and the Emperor showed it to his Indian master-builders and said, “ Build me a mosque like this.” The result was an entirely original Indian building, as… … Fig. 39. — Plan of Buland Darwaza (drawn by the Archsological domeS of the llWaU Survey of India). COUStrUCted Oil the same principle as the central dome of the Jami’ Masjid at Champanir. All the domes have Hindu pinnacles. There seems to be Persian handiwork in some of the decoration and minor…
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