reconstructing pre Islamic indian architecture

[W.11]

Secular and religious brick based Indian architecture rarely survives in india but examples are available from outside india from indianized pre islamic SEA architecture, nepal, srilanka, NEI states etc

indo islamic architecture is largely declared as non indian, using this thread i will debate otherwise.

 

[W.11]

gate of the manmodi cave 2nd century

typical indo islamic gate, west bengal

lal bag fort mosque, bengal

most of the indo islamic gates are decorated with same styled niches

 

[Nilu Pule]

You pretty much provided the evidence to prove that Dharmic structures were converted into Islamic structures.

Some pictures of qutub minar complex. Qutub minar was built after destroying Jain and Hindu temples.

 

[W.11]

You pretty much provided the evidence to prove that Dharmic structures were converted into Islamic structures.

Some pictures of qutub minar complex. Qutub minar was built after destroying Jain and Hindu temples.

what you are talking is hindu nationalist historiography, there are indian hindu scholars who have refuted the claims of the destruction of jain temples in order to built qutub complex the idea which was first used by the british scholars, for instance, the jain arts have been been faithfully replicated in many places where they wanted to fit in those designs, secondly there is evidence of non muslims working at the complex and being involved in the stone carving esp the gateways of qutub minars.

regards

 

[Nilu Pule]

what you are talking is hindu nationalist historiography, there are indian hindu scholars who have refuted the claims of the destruction of jain temples in order to built qutub complex the idea which was first used by the british scholars, for instance, the jain arts have been been faithfully replicated in many places where they wanted to fit in those designs, secondly there is evidence of non muslims working at the complex and being involved in the stone carving esp the gateways of qutub minars.

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No, bhaiyya ji why would Muslims replicate pagan mushrik religious figures?

Don't be so biased. Altaf ji is booking a ghar wapasi appointment

 

[W.11]

No, bhaiyya ji why would Muslims replicate pagan mushrik religious figures?

Don't be so biased. Altaf ji is booking a ghar wapasi appointment

https://books.google.com.pk/books?i...e&q=qutub complex colonial exhibition&f=false

 

[W.11]

gate at Bagan temple complex

gate at qutub minar complex

 

[W.11]

Gwalior fort, dating back to pre mughal period contains pre mughal period sheesh mahal

@ 9:16

 

[W.11]

https://www.jstor.org/stable/26609161?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior:1f0d8c2e08dca9b6b99710947f4dd3a0&seq=3#page_scan_tab_contents

a huge minaret made of stone existed in debal/ near karachi which was converted into prison and its stones used for repairing the city.

regards

 

[W.11]

vijayanagar lotus palace

Baphuon Temple, apsara

 

[W.11]

lotus battlements, characteristic of post islamic indian architecture

lotus battlements, Koh Ker temple, Cambodia

 

[W.11]

The north and south styles are different but southern styles survived because barbaric islamism of turko-central Asian muslims did not reach south. They wiped out the north and replaced with mostly Islamic styles and incorporated some Indian motifs. The south directly had traders from Arabia and also some traders from Turkey who themselves were slaves.these were generally peaceful and hence the conversion in Malaysia and Indonesia were also peaceful.

why dont you keep your hindutva agenda away from this topic, and forum.

regards

 

[W.11]

minar chakri, a buddhist pillar in afghanistan dating back to 1st century AD

 

[magician2]

318 × 462
Pratihara temple 9th century Madhya Pradesh

640 × 426
Pallava temple 7th century Tamil Nadu

 

[W.11]

the description of ashoka's/maurya's palace by a chinese pilgrim faxian/fahein in the early 5th century during gupta rule mentions a palace made of stone with fine carvings of its walls and most importantly the inlay work, this inlay work being mentioned atleast 1000 years before the mughal inlay is declared as peitra dura/an imported art from europe/italy

https://books.google.com.pk/books?i...=onepage&q=faxian ashoka palace inlay&f=false

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietra_dura

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