Sharon C. Smith - <p>For over three centuries the Mughal dynasty produced some of the world’s greatest architecture. Emerging originally from Afghanistan, the Mughals celebrated their victory over much of South Asia with an aggressive building campaign. The result of this effort generated an architecture that not only harkened back to their origins in Central Asia, but imaginatively conflated the architecture of the conquered Hindus with architectural symbols of Islam.</p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Source</span><br></p><p>From&nbsp;Sites of Mughal Heritage&nbsp;in <span style="font-style: italic;">Heritage of the Mughal World</span> (Philip Jodidio, editor)</p>

Sites of Mughal Heritage

Type
book section
Year
2015

For over three centuries the Mughal dynasty produced some of the world’s greatest architecture. Emerging originally from Afghanistan, the Mughals celebrated their victory over much of South Asia with an aggressive building campaign. The result of this effort generated an architecture that not only harkened back to their origins in Central Asia, but imaginatively conflated the architecture of the conquered Hindus with architectural symbols of Islam.

Source

From Sites of Mughal Heritage in Heritage of the Mughal World (Philip Jodidio, editor)

Citation

Hedrick, Christian A, and Sharon C. Smith. "Sites of Mughal Heritage". In Heritage of the Mughal World, edited by Philip Jodidio, 286-289. Munich: Prestel, 2015.


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Authorities

Copyright

Prestel and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture

Country

Afghanistan
India

Language

English

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