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Fatehpur Sikri : revisiting Akbar's masterpiece / Lucy Peck.
Fine Arts Library NA1508.F3 P43 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peck, Lucy (Architect), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buildings--India--Fatehpur Sikri.
- Buildings.
- Architecture, Mughal Empire.
- India--Fatehpur Sikri.
- Architecture, Mughal Empire--India--Fatehpur Sikri.
- Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605.
- Akbar.
- Physical Description:
- 145 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 22 cm
- regular print
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Lustre Press : Roli Books, [2014]
- Summary:
- Fatehpur Sikri was founded in 1569 by the Mughal emperor Akbar, and served as the capital of the Mughal Empire from 1571 to 1585. Here the construction of a planned walled city took fifteen years to build a series of royal palaces, harem, courts, a mosque, private quarters and other utility buildings. It is one of the best-preserved collections of Mughal architecture in India. In Fatehpur Sikri, capital of the Mughal Empire for only ten years, the complex of monuments and temples, all in a uniform architectural style, includes one of the largest mosques in India, the Jama Masjid. Within it is the tomb of Salim Chisti; many believe that he makes our wishes come true! Lucy Peck goes into the architectural magnificence of the city giving us the history behind the forgotten or ghost city .
- Contents:
- What we know about Akbar and Fatehpur Sikri
- History
- Akbar's character
- Life at Akbar's court
- Interpreting Fatehpur Sikri now
- An exploration of Fatehpur Sikri.
- Notes:
- Maps on endpapers.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-140) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9788174366931
- 8174366938
- OCLC:
- 890971178
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