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    Provincial Punjab

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    The earliest provincial Islamic architectural style emerged in Punjab, India, where the first contacts with Islam were made in the cities of Multan and Lahore in the 8th-10th centuries. This Indo-Islamic architecture used brickwork and wood, incorporating both Islamic and Hindu cultural influences. One prominent example is the Tomb of Shah Rukn-i-Alam, built between 1320-1324 in Multan, which has an octagonal design with a large central dome and is considered an example of Tughlaq style architecture.

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    The earliest provincial Islamic architectural style emerged in Punjab, India, where the first contacts with Islam were made in the cities of Multan and Lahore in the 8th-10th centuries. This Indo-Islamic architecture used brickwork and wood, incorporating both Islamic and Hindu cultural influences. One prominent example is the Tomb of Shah Rukn-i-Alam, built between 1320-1324 in Multan, which has an octagonal design with a large central dome and is considered an example of Tughlaq style architecture.

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    The earliest provincial Islamic architectural style emerged in Punjab, India, where the first contacts with Islam were made in the cities of Multan and Lahore in the 8th-10th centuries. This Indo-Islamic architecture used brickwork and wood, incorporating both Islamic and Hindu cultural influences. One prominent example is the Tomb of Shah Rukn-i-Alam, built between 1320-1324 in Multan, which has an octagonal design with a large central dome and is considered an example of Tughlaq style architecture.

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    Provincial Punjab

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    Prajitha Jinachandran T K
    The earliest provincial Islamic architectural style emerged in Punjab, India, where the first contacts with Islam were made in the cities of Multan and Lahore in the 8th-10th centuries. This Indo-Islamic architecture used brickwork and wood, incorporating both Islamic and Hindu cultural influences. One prominent example is the Tomb of Shah Rukn-i-Alam, built between 1320-1324 in Multan, which has an octagonal design with a large central dome and is considered an example of Tughlaq style architecture.

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    THE EARLIEST PROVINCIAL STYLE TO EMERGE
    WAS IN PUNJAB, AS HERE THE FIRST
    CONTACTS WITH ISLAM WERE MADE THROUGH
    ITS TWO PRINCIPAL CENTERS, MULTAN
    AND LAHORE.

    ARAB INVADED MULTAN FROM THE SINDH
    REGION EARLIER IN THE EIGHTH CENTURY.

    BUT THE PROVINCE RECEIVED A PERMANENT
    ISLAMIC INFLUENCE IN THE TENTH CENTURY

    THE INDO-ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE OF PUNJAB
    PROVINCE WAS MAINLY OF BRICKWORKS AND
    PRODUCED HIGHLY DECORATED BUILDING
    ARTS

    THEIR PALACES WERE EMBEDDED WITH
    BRICKWORK AND OTHER WOODEN ELEMENTS,
    MAINLY THEIR DOORWAYS, WINDOWS AND
    OTHER HANGING BALCONIES

    THE BUILDINGS WERE CONSTRUCTED IN
    ISLAMIC STYLES WITH THE FUSION OF HINDU
    CULTURE

    A CITY OF UNDIVIDED PUNJAB OF INDIA,
    MULTAN BECAME A PART OF PAKISTAN IN 1947
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    BUILT BETWEEN 1320 AND 1324

    FROM WHICHEVER SIDE THE CITY IS APPROACHED, THE MOST PROMINENT THING THAT CAN
    BE SEEN FROM MILES ALL AROUND IS A HUGE DOME

    THIS DOME IS THE SHRINE OF THE SAINT

    THE TOMB IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE FORT PREMISES

    TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF TUGHLAQ STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE

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    PLANS AT EACH FLOOR LEVEL OF THE TOMB OF SHAH RUKH - I - ALAM
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    THE PLAN IS AN OCTAGON (27M DIAMETER) WITH INCLINED
    WALLS AND CORNER TURRETS

    THE SECOND STOREY IS ALSO AN OCTAGON BUT WITHOUT
    CORNER BASTIONS AND TURRETS

    EACH SIDE OF THIS OCTAGON HAS AN ARCHED OPENING FITTED
    WITH GRILLES AND SET IN RECTANGULAR FRAMES DECORATED
    WITH MULTANI TILES

    EACH CORNER OF THIS STOREY HAS A SMALL KIOSK ON IT

    THE THIRD STOREY IS THE DOME & ITS FINIAL

    THE TOTAL HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING IS 31 METERS INCLUDING
    12 METERS FOR THE DOME

    TOTAL HEIGHT ABOVE THE ROAD LEVEL IS 46 METERS, THE
    DOME IS REPUTED TO BE THE SECOND LARGEST IN THE WORLD

    BUILT ENTIRELY OF RED BRICK, BOUNDED WITH BEAMS OF
    SHISHAM WOOD, WHICH HAVE NOW TURNED BLACK AFTER SO
    MANY CENTURIES

    THE WHOLE OF THE EXTERIOR IS ELABORATELY ORNAMENTED
    WITH GLAZED TILE PANELS, STRING-COURSES AND
    BATTLEMENTS

    COLORS USED ARE DARK BLUE, AZURE, AND WHITE,
    CONTRASTED WITH THE DEEP RED OF THE FINELY POLISHED
    BRICKS
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