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Features of Architecture under the Sultans
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Use of grey stone.
Use of the arch, dome and minaret. Indian craftsmen employed by the sultans. Many hindu desgns were adopted like the bell, lotus and swastika. Buildings decorated woth geometrical designs, flowers, werses from the Koran and use of calligraphy. |
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What was the disadvantage of the use of grey stone for the buildings of the sultanate period?
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The buildings lacked the grandeur of the mughal structures.
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What are the structures in the Qutb Minar compplex
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Qutb Minar
Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque Alai Darwaza Incomplete Alai Minar |
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Main features of the Qutb Minar
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Unique with its main tower and balconies.
White and red sandstone and marble have been used. |
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What did the Sultans usually build?
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mosques, palaces, forts, tombs, gardens and baolis.
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Name a lake resort built by the sulatns
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Hauz Khas in Delhi
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What was the uniqeness of the tombs built by the Lodis.
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The Lodis placed their tombs on high platforms surrounded by well laid out garden.
E.g. Lodi garden |
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Name two architectures in the south made during the sultante period.
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The Char Minar in Hyderabad made by the rulers of Golconda.
Gol Gumbaz in Bijapur. |
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Name an architecture in Gwalior
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Man Singh's palace.
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