Day: October 2, 2020

The Fifteenth and early Sixteenth Century: Provincial architecture- Deccan The Indo-Islamic architecture developed under the Bahmanis. Opposed to the growth of other regional styles of north India, it seems to have ignored to a very large extent the pre-Islamic art (indigenous) traditions of the region. selfstudyhistory.com Deccan style of architecture consisted basically of the fusion of […]

Rise of Provincial Dynasties: Malwa The decline of the Sultanate paved the way for the emergence of the independent kingdom of Malwa. Significance of Malwa: Malwa was situated on the high plateau between Narmada and Tapti rivers. It commanded the trunk routes between Gujarat and northern India, as also between north and south India. As long […]

Provincial architecture: Bengal and Jaunpur The regional styles of architecture came into vogue usually after these states had thrown off the allegiance to Delhi. They were distinct from the Indo-Islamic style practiced at Delhi and often displayed definitely original qualities. In the areas which had a strong indigenous tradition of workmanship in masonry, regional styles of […]

Rise of Provincial Dynasties: Bengal Political situation and balance of power in north India: Timur’s invasion of Delhi in 1398 hastened the downfall of the Tughlaq dynasty, and the end of the Sultanat of Delhi. Even before Timur’s invasion, the Sultanat of Delhi had weakened become manifest to all, with the emergence of two kings, one […]

Rise of Provincial Dynasties: Lodis The Sharqis: The Jaunpur kingdom had been set up by Malik Sarwar, a noble of the time of Firuz Tughlaq. Malik Sarwar had been the wazir for some time, and then had been nominated to the eastern areas with the title Malik-us-Sharq (Lord of the east). His successors came to be called […]