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  2. Indo-Islamic architecture - Wikipedia

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    Indo-Islamic architecture is the architecture of the Indian subcontinent produced by and for Islamic patrons and purposes. Despite an initial Arab presence in Sindh, the development of Indo-Islamic architecture began in earnest with the establishment of Delhi as the capital of the Ghurid dynasty in 1193. [1]

  3. Persian Inscriptions on Indian Monuments - Wikipedia

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    Mehrauli was built by Qutub-ud-din Aibak and heralded the beginning of a new style of art and architecture which came to be known as the Indo-Islamic style. Other monuments included in the Qutub complex are the Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb, Balban's tomb, Quli Khan's Tomb, Rajon Ki Baoli in Mehrauli Archaeological Park.

  4. John Burton-Page - Wikipedia

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    'The charm of Indo-Islamic architecture, an introduction to the modern phase', Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 19 (1957), pp. 393–4. 'Compound and conjunct verbs in Hindi', Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 19 (1957), pp. 469–78.

  5. Pakistani architecture - Wikipedia

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    Pakistani architecture is intertwined with the architecture of the broader Indian subcontinent.The major architectural styles popular in the past were Temple, Indo-Islamic, Mughal and Indo-Saracenic architecture, all of which have many regional varieties.

  6. Origins and architecture of the Taj Mahal - Wikipedia

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    Mausoleum of the Taj Mahal complex at Agra, India. The Taj Mahal represents the finest and most sophisticated example of Indo-Islamic architecture.Its origins lie in the moving circumstances of its commission and the culture and history of an Islamic Mughal empire's rule of large parts of India.

  7. Indo-Saracenic architecture - Wikipedia

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    Indo-Saracenic architecture (also known as Indo-Gothic, Mughal-Gothic, Neo-Mughal, in the 19th century often Indo-Islamic style [1]) was a revivalist architectural style mostly used by British architects in India in the later 19th century, especially in public and government buildings in the British Raj, and the palaces of rulers of the princely states.

  8. Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra - Wikipedia

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    The mosque is among the earliest examples of the Indo-Islamic architecture. It was designed by Abu Bakr of Herat, an architect who accompanied by Muhammad Ghori. The mosque was built almost entirely by Hindu masons, under the supervision of Afghan managers. [4] The mosque is much larger than the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque of Delhi.

  9. Islamic architecture - Wikipedia

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    The best known style of Indo-Islamic architecture is Mughal architecture, mostly built between about 1560 and 1720. Early Mughal architecture developed from existing Indo-Islamic architecture but also followed the model of Timurid architecture, due in part to the Timurid ancestry of the Mughal dynasty's founder, Babur.