ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

- Started with 12th Century after Turks

settled in India subcontinents.
- Small prayer hall, many pillars, shikharas, small
- Turks and Afghans Muslims having inherited a wealth garbha-griha, mandapas..
of varied designs from Sassanian and Byzantine
empires and being naturally endowed with good taste
for buildings
- Ornamental decoration, open space for prayer toward - Initially Arch were used but during Maurya and Magadha
mecca(quibla), light and open, lesser decoration in prayer time, Arch usage disappeared and after later part of 14th
hall, purdah hall system for females coming for prayer, century remerged in southern India.
- Ornamental Decoration
tower/minaret to call prayer(azaan),
was vital.
- Ornamental decoration contain non-human figures, mainly
floral decoration, symmetry, rhythmic pattern, arabic writing - Open court was
in beautiful way.prayer(azaan), surrounded by colonnades. - Ornamental decoration were largely containing animal,
- The Muslims, like the Romans, were also responsible for humans motifs and postures.
making extensive use of concrete and lime mortar as an
important factor of construction and incidentally used lime
as plaster and a base for decoration which was incised into
it and held enamel work on tiles.
- Use of sandstone was important to carve delicate motifs.
- Elaborate gardens like charbagh, fountains were given
importance..

MAGHINANG,JEREMIA H. AR22FA3 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 3 AR. J-AN ROSILIO