PPT ON DELHI SULTANATE: ARCHAELOGICAL RESOURCES BY,

INFERNAPETORTERRA

INTRODUCTION

Indian Islamic inscriptions date from the last decade of the 12th century AD when Muhammad Ghori conquered Delhi and established his kingdom there. Certain movable objects like arms, seals, signets, vases, utensils and tombs account for majority of inscriptions, next followed by forts. The language of the records of the early period of the Delhi Sultanate is Arabic. Majority of epigraphical records is in Persian in view of the fact that Persian had been the state or official language right from the beginning of the Muslim rule. Persian played an important role in the educational and cultural life of the various regions of the sub-continent in varying degrees depending upon local factors.Apart from Arabic, Persian and Urdu inscriptions, there are bilingual. inscriptions, i.e. Arabic with regional languages like Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil and Malayalam and Persian with the provincial languages like Kannada, Telugu, Oriya, Tamil, Gujarati and Marathi.

Coin issued by - IltutmishWeight: 3.39 gm., Diameter: 15-16 mmHorseman left, holding lance / Four line Arabic legend: al-sultan al-a'zam iltutmish al-sultan

COINS OF THE SULTANATE PERIOD:ILLTUTMISH

Coin issued by – Ghiyas ud-din Balban

Weight: 10.96 gm., Diameter: 27 mm

Legend with the name of the sultan and his titles /

Legend with the name of Caliph al-Must'asim

in the margin

COINS OF THE SULTANATE PERIOD:GHIYAS UD-DIN BALBAN

ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF DELHI SULTANATE

A Mixture of Indian and Iranian Styles: The first salient features of the Delhi Sultanate Architecture were that from the very beginning there was the mixing of Indian and Iranian styles in it. The Turkish Sultans had brought with them the architectural styles of Persia and Central Asia. The initial buildings of the Turks show that Indian style was adopted in them.

STYLE OF ART AND ARCHITECTUREThe Sultanate introduced two new architectural ideas, the dome and the pointed arch. The dome was an important decorative structure in Islamic buildings, and soon was implemented in other structures as well. The pointed or true arch that was introduced during this period, was completely different from the type of arches that were being constructed within the country earlier. The earlier Indian style of creating arches was to first put up two pillars. The pillars would then be cut at intervals accommodate 'plug in' projections. There would be a sequence of squares that would gradually decrease in size creating an arch. The new artisans introduced the true arch. This was achieved by making the middle stone a key stone and to have the other stones distribute the load of on the two pillars.

QUTUB MINAR

Qutab Minar, is the tallest minar in India, originally an ancient Islamic Monument, inscribed with Arabic inscriptions, though the iron pillar has some Brahmi inscriptions,  and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site Located in Delhi, the Qutub Minar is made of red sandstone and marble. The stairs of the tower has 379 steps,  is 72.5 metres (237.8 ft) high, and has a base diameter of 14.3 metres, which narrows to 2.7 metres at the top storey. Construction was started in 1192 by Qutub-ud-in-Aibak and was completed by Iltutmish. 

Hauz Khas , South Delhi houses a water tank , an Islamic seminary, a mosque, a tomb and pavilions built around an urbanized village with medieval history traced to the 13th century of Delhi Sultanate reign. It was part of Siri, the second medieval city of India of the Delhi Sultanate of Allaudin Khilji dynasty (1296–1316). The etymology of the name Hauz Khas in Urdu language is derived from the words ‘Hauz’: “water tank” (or lake) and ‘Khas’:“royal”- the “Royal tank”. The large water tankor reservoir was first built by Khilji {the plaque displayed (pictured in the gallery) at the site records this fact} to supply water to the inhabitants of Siri The tank was de–silted during the reign of Firoz Shah Tughlaq(1351–88). Several buildings and tombs were built overlooking the water tank or lake. Firuz Shah’s tomb pivots the L–shaped building complex which overlooks the tank

HAUZ KHAS

ALAI DARWAZA

A number of gates were built around Delhi over the centuries. Some of the earliest gates in Delhi date back to the first half of the second millennium. One of the oldest gates in Delhi is the Alai Darwaza. This is a gate in the Qutub Complex that is very historic and features a number of interesting carvings on it. It is also very large in size and has an amazing build that is incredibly symmetrical.

CONCLUSION

The Delhi Sultanate's greatest contribution to Indian fine arts was the introduction of Islamic architectural features, including true domes and arches, and the integration of Indian and Islamic styles of architecture.

The Delhi Sultanate patronized painting despite Islamic injunctions against anthropomorphic figures in art, and developed an Indo-Persian style that drew heavily both from schools in Iran and from Jain paintings

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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