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Delhi Sultanate Architectural Style
The Delhi Sultanate architectural style is an Indo-Islamic tradition formed in 13th–16th century North India by blending Persian-Central Asian archit…
Timeline
- 1200–1300Delhi · DelhiUnder Qutb al-Din Aibak and Iltutmish, the Qutb complex was built, establishing a fusion paradigm of pointed arches, stucco decoration, and borrowed Hindu temple columns.
- 1411–1420North India and the Deccan · IndiaDuring this period the Delhi Sultanate and polities such as the Bahmanis continued to build mosques and tombs; Islamic architectural elements spread southward through migrating craftsmen, competing with and drawing on Hindu temple building traditions.
- 1500–1526Delhi and Agra · Uttar PradeshLodi dynasty tomb architecture brought domes and garden-tomb forms to maturity, directly inherited by Mughal architecture, completing the Delhi Sultanate style's transition into an imperial architectural tradition.
Sources
- Architecture of the Islamic World: Its History and Social Meaning — George Michell (1978)
- Delhi Sultanate https://www.britannica.com/place/Delhi-sultanate