Islamic Tombs in India: The Iconography and Genesis of Their Design
Bunce, Fredrick W.
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Book ID : 19524
ISBN-10 : 81-246-0245-X / 812460245X
ISBN-13 : 978-81-246-0245-4 / 9788124602454
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2004
Edition : (First Edition)
Language : English
xxxi, 335p., 147 Plts., 215 Figs., App., Index, 29 cm. (Contours of Indian Art & Architecture, No. 2)
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
The work by an indological scholar who has studied different Architectural traditions of the world covers the architecture and iconography of some 36 Islamic tombs in India spanning a peroid of over 5000 years from c. AD 1230 to 1754. It begins with a berif historical background to the Islamic rule in northern India and a discussion on burial practices and tomb types of the time to further understanding of the underlaying concept of construction and functions of the tombs. The book will be extremely revelant to scholars and students of indian particularly Indo-Islamic, iconography and those instrusted in Indo-Islamic cultural traditions in general.
