Provincial Style
Provincial Style
Provincial Style
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
•Regional manifestation of Indo – Islamic architecture
flourishing under the patronage of various provincial
rulers
•The style being distinct from central / imperial style at
Delhi – regional in character due to effects of local
architecture and indigenous art, local material and
craftsmen and aspiration of local rulers
Central mihrab
niche detail
BENGAL(Gaur and Pandua, 1300 – 1550 AD)
Dakhil Darwaza, Gaur, (1465 AD)
•Built by Barbak Shah, is the most artistic structure in
brick
•A triumphal archway 22.8 m wide and 18.2 m high
consists of a central vaulted with guard rooms on
either sides
•Circular tapering structure at the corners
•Reminiscent of Delhi’s Tughlaq style
•Certain amount of ornamentation is present in form
of flaming suns, rosettes, hangings lamps, niches, etc
Jaunpur (1360 – 1480 AD)
•City of jaunpur, located 36 km southeast of Varanasi,
is said to beestablished by Firoz Shah Tughlaq in
1360 AD, later comes under the rule of Sharqi
(literally eastern) dynasty
•Use of great pylons becomes innovative character
•Both Hindu and Tughlaq influence in buildings
Some notable examples
Atala Masjid, Jaunpur (1408 AD)
Jami Masjid, Jaunpur (1438 – 78 AD)
Jaunpur (1360 – 1480 AD)
Atala Masjid, Jaunpur (1408 AD)
•Square shaped mosque with robust appearance
•Use of great rectangular pylons in the center of
liwan, influence of circular tapering turrets of
Tughlaqs resolved into rectangular shape
•Hindu influence is present in bracketed openings
•Huge arch springing between two pylons
•On the either side of Maqsura pylon are two identical
mini – pylons and three separate gateways are also
installed in northern, eastern and southern liwan
Exterior view of the eastern
Exterior view of the southern
courtyard wall with main portal
courtyard wall with portal