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The Story of the Archæological Dept. 1914-1936 a Souvenir of the Silver Jubilee of His Exalted Highness the Nizam

1936

DeccanHIS EXALTED HIGHNESS THE NIZAM OF HYDERABADTHE STORY OF THE ARCHIEOLOGICAL DEPT 1914--193 6 A Souvenir of the Silver Jubilee of His. Exalted Highness the Nizam HYDERABAD DECCAN THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESSPREFATORY NOTE As during the reign of our beloved Sovereign the preservation and care of the monuments of the Dominions have been considered more or less a sacred duty I welcome the oppor [...] In the groups of Islamic monuments taking the mosque first Mubarak Khalji's Mosque in the Daulatabad Fort the Jami` Masjid of Gulbarga the Baihmani Mosque in the fort at Bidar the Kali Masjid in the same City and the Mushiabad Mosque and the Toli Masjid in the Hyderabad City have been thoroughly repaired and their original appearance restored by various measures. [...] Several of these edifices rank high in the list of the Moslem monuments of India for instance the Great Mosque of Gulbarga and the Baihmani Mosque of Bidar Fort the architecture of both being characterised by a beauty of line in the arrangement of the component parts which are however of the.7 simplest design. [...] Apart from the large size of the masonry the other distinguishing features of the Hindu military construtions are the irregular form of the stones and the entire absence of the use of cement of any kind. [...] With the advent of the Moslems into the Deccan a vigorous style of military architecture grew up and the use of the guns under Turkish officers and engineers in the latter half of the fifteenth century brought about still further iprovements on the principles and material of building as well as on the laying out of the defences.
anthropology archaeology
Pages
31
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.146224
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-vi unknown view
The Story of the Archæological Department Hydrabad
1-11 G. Yazdani view
Plates
i-xiv unknown view

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