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ARCHITECTURE
• THE LARGEST AND MOST IMP. OF THE
PROVINCIAL STYLES
• 2 MAIN REASONS FOR INDO-ISLAMIC ARCH.
1. PATRONAGE OF BLDG. AMBITIONS OF MUSLIMS
2. PROFOUND ARTISTIC TRADITIONS OF
INHABITANTS
• FLOURISHED FOR 250 YRS.
• THREE PERIODS OR PHASES
1. EARLY PERIOD
2. AHMAD SHAHI PERIOD
3. BEGARHA PERIOD
SECOND PERIOD
• AHMEDABAD ,the capital city of Ahmad Shah I had a
no. of cons. on a large scale.
• Citadel with its palace within a rect. enclosure on R.
Sabarmati front.
• Jami masjid connected by a wide thoroughfare creating
a grand processional route
• In front of mosque his own royal tomb and beyond tombs
of Queen
• A stately triumphal arch the TIN DARWAZA as main ent.
to outer courtyard of citadel
• Town planning of a highly spectacular order
JAMI MASJID, AHMEDABAD
• THE HIGH WATER MARK OF MOSQUE DESIGN IN W
INDIA
• Was completed by Muslim ruler Ahmed Shah in 1423.
• Measures 116 m by 79 m.
• FAÇADE – two diff. conventions are combined
• Screen of arches –in centre
• Pillared portico – on the wings
• A combi. of solids and voids with 3 main openings
• Larger central archway supported by richly moulded
buttresses of minarets
• Interplay of light and shade
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JAMI MASJID has a 15 dome prayer hall on the western side of the
courtyard.
Half section – elevation of Jami Masjid ,
Ahmedabad.
• Central compartment rises into 3 stories
• Side aisles in 2 stories
• Remainder in 1 story
• Hanging gallery in N transept for zenana
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• Axonometric view of jami masjid, Ahmedabad.
• NAVE composed of 2 pillared galleries one above the other
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• Galleries enclose a wide central shaft or ROTUNDA
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Half section (north- south), Jami Masjid
Ahmedabad
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Prayer hall (from north-east)
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Liwan of jami masjid
• Measures 64m by 290m.
• Consist of 300 slender pillars
instead of a huge hall.
• A central volume is roofed by a
large corbelled dome resting
over on octagonal ring of
column each of being filled in
with panel of jalis.
• Balconies provided privacy for
the ladies.
• Open grills below the dome
makes central bay open shaft
generating cool currents in air.
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JAMI MASJID, AHMEDABAD
SPECIAL FEATURES
• View of Central hall. • Liwan of main hall.
Corbelled dome
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balconies,jami
masjid.
The Tree of Life
as decorative
element
View, jami masjid
JAMI MASJID
Jali work
Interior
The square is turned into
a circle, passing through
the shape of an octagon.
The prayer hall of the Great
Mosque has 260 pillars, 15
Cupolas, raised zanana galleries
and screens
Details of the marble decorations
Of the Mihrab courtyard of the
Jama Masjid
One of the most decorated
Mosques in India, the Jama
Masjid fuses Hindu images
with elements of islamic
ornamentation.
TIN DARWAZA
• A TRIUMPHAL ARCHWAY FORMING THE CENTRAL FEATURE OF
AHMAD SHAH’S PROCESSIONAL ROUTE , CONNECTING HIS PALACE
WITH JAMI MASJID
• CONTAINS 3 OPENINGS IS 80’X45’X37’
• PARAPET RELIEVED BY 3 ORIEL WINDOWS ON BRACKETS
THE RAUZAS OF GUJRAT
• IT CONSISTED OF ARRANGEMENT IN WHICH
TOMB AND ITS MOSQUE CONFRONT ONE
ANOTHER & BEING COMPLIMENTARY IN
DESIGN TOGETHER PRODUCE AN ATTRACTIVE
COMPOSITION.
RAUZA OF SAYYID USMAN
•MOUSOLEUM 100’SQ. IS MORE WORTHY THAN THE
MOSQUE
•THE MOST NOTEWORTHY FEATURE OF THIS TOMB IS
THE INNER RING OF TWELVE INSTEAD OF THE
CONVENTIONAL EIGHT COLUMNS TO HOLD UP CENTRAL
DOME.
•THE CENTRAL ENCLOSURE IS SOURROUNDED BY TWO
CONCENTRIC AISLES FORMED BY BUNCHING COLUMNS
IN CLUSTERS OF FOUR.
•AT EACH CORNER IS PLANTED A SMALL DOME TO
COMPLETE THE PANCHATAYANA FORM OF PLANNING.
•LAST OF GUJARAT TOMBS TO USE THE HINDU
TRABEATED SYSTEM FOR ITS CONS.
ISLAMIZATION OF GUJARAT
ARCH.
• By the middle of 15th centuary Gujarat
rulers too adopted the more Islamic
arcuate style of bldg.
• Minars at 2 extremities and hindu
balconies to side and rear
LIWANS ROOFED WITH COUPOLAS AND
DOMES.
Rudabai wav STEPWELL
THIS step well is located in the northern outsides of the
village, Adalaj. It derives its name from the lady patron
who had built this stepwell, ruda. Built in A.D. 1499.
The step well is 75.3 meters in total length. it is laid out
in a north south direction , the well being in the north
and the entrance in the south.
It has straight descending corridor. It’s the only major
monument, which has three entrance stairs leading to
the stepped corridor. These three entrances meet in the
first storey underground in a huge square platform,
which has to the top an octagonal opening.
The platform is resting on 16 pillars, eight of which are
standing at the corners of the octagonal and two each in
front of each main side, marking the four directions of
the stairs. The two pillars to the north are based on the
fourth step of the stepped corridor and, therefore, are
slightly taller than the others.
The four corners of the platform are marked by four
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STEPWELL
The pillars in the first row have a base
of 61.5-cm square, whereas the base
of the others is 56-cm square.
The well – the well has a
diameter of 7-m.
The octagonal shaft is a square with 9-m long sides, the middle
of which is the octagonal shaft with sides of 8.4-m . Twelve
pillars frame the square, eight of which stand on the corners of
Sculptural and decorative
ornamentation- the
entablature is decorated with
half-medallions with flowers
or relief-panels and scroll-
motifs. The top edge is
ending with a tassel- like
ornamental band.
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