PROVINCIAL

ARCHITECTURE

PRESENTED BY
RUSHALISRIVASTAVA
PRSENTED TO
AKANSHA KAUSHIK
AR. KAJAL GARG VIKAS KASHYAP
 PROVINCIAL ARCHITECTURE

PROVINCIAL STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE COVER THE

ARCHITECTURAL TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS NOTICED IN
DIFFERENT PROVINCIAL CAPITALS IN INDIA,BUT
SPECIFICALLY IN
 JAUNPUR
 BENGAL
 GUJARAT
 PUNJAB
 BIJAPUR
 BIDAR
 DECCAN
 JAUNPUR
THE GOVERNOR OF JAUNPUR, AN EASTERN PROVINCE OF
THE SULTANATE WAS GIVEN THE TITLE “MALIK USH-
SHARQ”BY THE TUGHLAQ MONARCH IN DELHI. HENCE THE
DYNASTY WAS CALLED THE SHARQI DYNASTY

SAILENT FEATURES
 ARCHES ARE OF THE FOUR CENTERED
 PYLONS BUILT ON THE ACCENTUATE ENTRANCE ARE
A COMMON FEATURES
 THE PREDOMINATLY HINDU MASON AND ARTISIANS
WERE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE PILLAR,
BEAM AND BRACKET SYSTEM OF CONSTRUCTION
WHICH WAS FREQUENTLY USED.
 ATALA MASJID
 IT WAS BUILT BY SULTAN
IBRAHIM.
 MOSQUE HAS SQUARE IN PLAN
AND CONSISTING THREE MAIN
SECTIONS.
 THE DOME OF THE MAIN
PLAN OF ATALA MASJID
SANCTUARY RAISEDOWN
OCTAGONAL DRUM AND
SUPPORTED BY SQUINCHES.
 THE CENTRAL MIHRAB OF STONE
WITH RIBBED NICHE AND ARCH.

FRONT ELEVATION OF ATALA MASJID

 JAMI MASJID
 IT WAS BUILT BY HUSAYAN
SHAH.
 BUILT ON 6M HIGH PLINTH,
THE MOSQUE IS ACCESSED BY
IMPOSING FIGHT OF STEPS.
 IT’S PLAN SIMILAR TO
PREVIOUS MOSQUE.
 CLOISTERS ARE TWO STOREY
HIGH.
 IN THE CENTRE OF THE
SANCTUARY FAÇADE IS A
PYLON 85’ HIGH AND 77’ WIDE
AT BASE.
 BENGAL
IN THE 13TH CENTURY, ARABS INTRODUCED THEIR
ARCHITECTURE FOR THE FIRST TYM IN THEIR BENGAL
PROVINCE.
ADINA MSJID
 IT IS LOCATED AT HAZRAT
PANDUA IN MALDA DISTRICT OF
WEST BENGAL
 BUILT BY SIKANDER SHAH
 THE PRAYER CHAMBER
MEASURING 24 M IN BREADTH
HAS FIVE AISLE AND 12 M WIDE
CLOISTERS ON THE NORTH,
EAST AND SOUTH OF THE
COURTYARD ARE THREE AISLE
DEEP.
 EK LAKHI MOUSOLEUM
 LOCATION – MALDA, WEST
BENGAL
 ONE LAKH RUPEES WAS SPENT
IN ITS CONSTRUCTION, HENCE
THE NAME
 THE EXTERIOR OF BUILDING IS
STRENGTHEND BY FOUR
OCTAGONAL TOWERS.
 THE ORNAMENTATION OF MSJID
CONSIST OF BRACED STRING
MOULDINGS OF THE CORNER
TOWERS.
 GUJARAT
 LOCATION -WESTERN SIDE OF INDIA
 GUJARAT EXPERIENCED MAJOR INDO ISLAMIC
ARCHITECTURAL ACTIVITIES FOR 250 YR STARTING
FROM THE 13TH CENTURY
ADALAJ NI VAV
 LOCATION –AHMEDABAD,
GUJARAT,INDIA
 IT IS OCTAGONAL IN SHAPE.
 IT IS 5 STOREY BELOW THE
GROUND LEVEL AND WELL
OVER 75.
 THE ENTRANCE HAS
STAIRCASE LEADING FROM
THREE DIRECTION TO THE
FIRST LANDING
 RANI NI VAV
 LOCATION –PATNA,
GUJARAT, INDIA
 THERE ARE MORE THAN
800 ELABORATE
SCULPTURES IN THE SEVEN
GALLERIES.
 THE EAST FACING WELL IS
ABOUT 64M IN LENGTH, 20
M WIDE AND 27M DEEP
 WALL WERE BUILT BY
BRICKS AND FACED WITH
STONE
 THE BRACKETING IS
ARRANGED IN TIERS AND IS
RICHELY CARVED
 BIJAPUR
 LOCATION –NORTH KARNATAKA, IN INDIA
 FIRST CITY TO EXPERIENCE ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE IN THE
END OF 13TH CENTURY.
 PLASTIC ART WAS USED TO DECORATE THE PATTERN OF
BUILDING.
GOL UMBAZ
 LOCATION- BIJAPUR, INDIA
 IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST SINGLE
CHAMBER IN THE WORLD.
 CENTRAL DOME HAVING INTERNAL
DIA 38M
 IT IS SQUARE IN PLAN AND HAVE
47.5M LENGTH
 SOUTH DOOR IS THE MAIN
ENRANCE.
 JAMI MASJID
 LOCATION- BIJAPUR
 BUILT IN THE REIGN OF
AIL ADIL SHAH
 RECTANGULAR IN PLAN
AND MEASURES
138X69M
 THE ARCHES
INTERSECT AT TOP TO
FORM OCTAGONAL
CORNICE TO SUPPORT
THE BASE OF DOME
 AT CENTRE- FOUNTAIN
IS LOCATED
 PUNJAB
 FIRST CONTACT WITH ISLAM THROUGH TWO CENTRES
 MULTAN
 LAHORE
 THE BUILDINGS ARE FUSION OF HINDU AND MUSLIM
ARCHITECTURE

TOMB OF SHAH YUSUF GARDIZI

 IT IS RECTANGULAR IN SHAPE
 IT IS ONE STORIED
 IT IS A FLAT ROOF CUBICAL
BUILDING STANDING WITH AN
ENCLOSED COURTYARD.
 THE FLORAL DESIGN PRESENT IN
THE TOMB ARE RARE
 THE RECTANGULAR BUILDING IS
THOROUGHLY COVERED WITH BLUE
MULTANI TILES.
 SHAH RUKN –I- ALAM
 IT IS OCTAGONAL IN SHAPE
 ITS ELEVATION IS THE EFFECT
OF ITS SLOPING SIDES, IN LINE
WITH THE TOMB OF GHIYAS
UD DIN TUGHLAQ
 THE SLOPE IN THE TOMB WAS
EMPHASISZED BY THE
ADDITION OF TAPERING
TURRETS AT THE ANGLE
 MAIN BUILDING MATERIAL
WERE BRICK AND TIMBER.
 USE OF CLERESTOREY PANELS
TO ADMIT LIGHT INSIDE.
 DECCAN
 IT IS INFLUENCED BY DELHI AND PERSIAN STYLE
 DECCAN STYLE CAN BE DIVIDED INTO 3 MAIN PHASE.
 GULBARGA PHASE
 BIDAR PHASE
 GALCONDA PHASE

CHARMINAR,HYDERABAD
LOCATION-HYDERABAD
CHARMINAR STANDS A THE
CITY, WITH ITS FOUR GATWAY
ORIENTED TOWARDS THE
CARDINAL POINTS.
IT GOT ITS NAME FROM ITS 4
MINARETS
OGEE ARCHES ON 4 SIDES
 JAMI MASJID
COMISSIONED BY MOHAMMAD
SHAH I OF BAHAMANI DYNASTY
WITH RECTANGULAR
STONE MASONRY WITH LIME
MORTAR
IT CAN ACCOMMODATE
AROUND 5000 WORSHIPPERS AT
ONCE
PETAL DETAILING ON TURRETS
AND SMALL NICHES WITH LITTLE
CARVING
WIDE SPAN OF THESE PILLARS
SUPPORTING LARGE ARCHES
CREATE A MAJESTIC
ATMOSPHERE.
 BIDAR
 BIDAR COMES FROM BIDRU MEANS BAMBOO
 IT IS A HILL TOP CITY IN THE NORTH EASTERN PART OF
KARNATAKA STATE IN SOUTH DELHI.

BIDAR FORT
 IT IS LOCATED AT BIDAR
CITY
 BUILT BY ALA UD DIN
BAHAMAN OF BAHAMANI
SULTANATE IN 1424
 COMBINATION OF
INDOISLAMIC AND PERSIAN
ARCHITECTURE
 GRANITE AND LIME
MORTAR IS USED
 FORT HAVING 7 GATEWAYS.