Contemplation

2021-09-02 10:56:21 Sikh Style

Influenced by the Mughal architecture, the style developed in the Punjab region.

The arches and chhatris were prominent.

The domes became an important feature in the Sikh architecture.

Golden Temple completed by Arjan Dev in 1604 is an epitome of Sikh architecture.


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2021-09-02 10:52:16 Other major styles during the Mughal period Open / Comment

2021-09-01 19:25:10 Which of the following statement is correct about Chandragupta Maurya?

1. After the borns of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE, Chandragupta led a series of campaigns in 305 BCE to take satrapies in the Indus Valley and northwest India.

2. Megasthenes in particular was a notable Greek ambassador in the court of Chandragupta Maurya.

3. Chandragupta established a strong centralised state with an administration at Pataliputra. Open / Comment

2021-09-01 17:29:59 Architecture development under Aurangzeb (1658-1707)

He preferred simplicity over the grandeur.

He repaired more mosques than he built.

Aurangzeb is also said to have destroyed numerous Hindu temples as well.

A beautiful pearl mosque in the Red Fort, Delhi, and the Bibi kaMaqbara in Aurangabad for his wife Rabbia-ud-dauraare only a few notable mentions in his long reign.

Thus, overall the Mughal architecture saw a decline in the Aurangzeb's reign.

The arches, chhatri, and various styles of domes became hugely popular in the Indo-Islamic architecture and were further developed under the Mughals.

It became so widespread especially in north India that these can be seen further in the colonial architecture of Indo-Saracenic style.

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