Title & Author:

Silent splendour : palaces of the Deccan, 14th-19th centuries / edited by Helen Philon ; photographs by Clare Arni ; with a foreword by Pratapaditya Pal.

Publication:

Mumbai : Marg Publications on behalf of the National Centre for the Performing Arts ; New Delhi : Distributed in India by Variety Book Depot, 2010.

Description:

148 pages : illustrations, maps ; 32 cm

Notes:
"Vol. 61, no. 3, March 2010"--Title page verso; simultaneously issued in serial format as an issue of Mārg.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-145) and index.
Foreword / Pratapaditya Pal -- Background note / George Michell -- Maps / Klaus Rotzer -- 1. Introduction / Helen Philon -- 2. Fortifications / Klaus Rotzer -- 3. Daulatabad, Gulbarga, Firuzabad and Sagar under the Early Bahmanis (1347-1422) / Helen Philon -- 4. Bidar under the Later Bahmanis and Baridis (1432-1619) / Helen Philon -- 5. Ahmadnagar under the Nizam Shahis (1496-1636) / Pushkar Sohoni -- 6. Bijapur under the Adil Shahis (1490-1686) / Mark Brand -- 7. Golconda and Hyderabad under the Qutb Shahis (1495-1687) / Marika Sardar -- 8. Daulatabad and Aurangabad under the Mughals (1660-1707) / George Michell -- 9. Hyderabad under the Asaf Jahis (1724-1950) / Alison Mackenzie Shah -- 10. Hydraulic works and gardens / Klaus Rotzer -- 11. Architectural decoration / Helen Philon -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

Summary:

This book examines the private and ceremonial structures found in the five principal dynastic capitals and administrative centres of the Deccan during the 14th-19th centuries. For the first time the Indo-Islamic courtly cultures of the different dynasties that ruled the Deccan, with their surrounding garden areas and water resources, have been considered as one entity. The authors present much new data and interpretations based on recent research. The articles and photographs offer a fresh look at both familiar and unfamiliar buildings, capturing the architectural inventiveness and dazzling details of these now silent but splendid palaces. --Book Jacket.

ISBN:

9788185026961
8185026963

Subject:

Palaces India Deccan.
Palaces India Deccan Pictorial works.
Palais Inde Deccan.
Palais Inde Deccan Ouvrages illustrés.
Palaces
Palast Dekhan Geschichte.
Islamische Architektur Dekhan Geschichte.
Islamic architecture India Deccan.
India Deccan
Deccan (India) Buildings, structures, etc.

Form/genre:

Illustrated works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Philon, Helen, editor.
Arni, Clare, illustrator.
Pal, Pratapaditya, author.
Rötzer, K. (Klaus), author.
Sohoni, Pushkar, author.
Sardar, Marika, author.
Brand, Mark, author.
Michell, George, author.
Alison Mackenzie Shah, author.
National Centre for the Performing Arts (India)
Mārg̲.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 267751
Call No.: BIB 199666
Status: Available