Iran to India : the Shansabānīs of Afghanistan, c. 1145-1190 ce / Alka Patel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patel, Alka, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Afghanistan--History.

Architecture.

Architecture--Pakistan--History.

Ghurids--History.

Ghurids.

Afghanistan--History.

Afghanistan.

Iran--History--640-1256.

Iran.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Alka Patel brings together all the architectural patronage attributed to the Shansabānīs in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Swat and lower Indus region). In doing so, she creates an architectural biography of this pivotal polity and its trans-regional empire.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgments

Note on Dates and Transliteration

Map of Imperial Ambitions

Map of Historical Ghur and Contiguous Regions

Genealogy of the Shansabanis of Afghanistan

Introduction: The Elephant and its Parts

CHAPTER 1. Kingly Trajectories

CHAPTER 2. Beginnings

CHAPTER 3. Thee Early Shansabanis: Firuzkuh, Bamiyan, and Tiginabad/Old Qandahar, c. 1140s–1170s

CHAPTER 4. One and Several: Gharjistan, Chisht, and Imperial Firuzkuh

CHAPTER 5. The “Ports of India”: Ghazna and Bust-Lashkari Bazar

CHAPTER 6. Encountering the Many “Indias”

Epilogue: Iran to India

Appendix: Shansabani Religious and Historical Inscriptions in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Works Cited and Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Other Format:

Print version: Patel, Alka Iran to India

ISBN:

1-4744-8225-2

1-4744-8224-4

OCLC:

1292712635