Chapter 8
Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture
1. What do you understand by the term ‘Indo-Islamic’ or ‘IndoSaracenic’ architecture? Can you think of another nomenclature? How did this architecture evolve in India?
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2. What types of buildings were added in India in the thirteenth century?
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3. Name four styles of Indo-Islamic architecture.
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4. What was the significance of a fort in medieval India? What were the strategic devices adopted in the construction of forts to confuse or defeat the enemy?
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5. Which forms of secular architecture evolved during medieval times? What significance did these buildings have in the sociocultural lives of contemporary people?
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6. How does Mandu showcase the fact that humans adapt to their environment?
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7. In spite of being unfinished how does Gol Gumbad symbolise the grandeur and majesty of Indo-Islamic architecture?
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8. Which are the places where the dead are buried? How do these differ from each other?
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9. Why is the word ‘perfection’ associated with the Taj Mahal?
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