Bhalla
A.S. Bhalla is a Visiting Professor at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham (UK). Formerly he was a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (UK) and Special Adviser to the President of International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada. He had a long and distinguished career in the United National Civil Service, Geneva, Switzerland. He has held academic positions at Cambridge, Oxford, Yale and Manchester. He is the author and editor of 18 books. His recent publications include: In Search of Roots; Globalization, Growth and Marginalization (also in French); Uneven Development in the Third World: A Study of China and India; and Poverty and Exclusion in a Global World (also in Japanese).
Royal Tombs of India
Other titles of interest:
Delight in Design Indian Silver for the Raj Vidya Dehejia et al
Painted Photographs
Coloured Portraiture in India Foreword by Ebrahim Alkazi with contributions by Rahaab Allana and Pramod Kumar K. G.
A.S. Bhalla
Royal Tombs
of India
13th to 18th CenturY
Royal Tombs of India, the first book of its kind on the Islamic royal tombs of India, focuses on the Tughluq and Lodi tombs, Qutb Shahi tombs and Mughal tombs (Humayun, Akbar, Aurangzeb, Jahangir and Nur Jahan, Bibi-ka-Maqbara, and the Taj Mahal). It also discusses the controversy surrounding the location of Babur’s tomb. These tombs are among the most magnificent pieces of Islamic architecture and grandeur. The existence of Hindu and Persian Safavid influences in the pre-Mughal and Mughal tombs is a central theme of the book. Different characteristics of pre-Mughal and Mughal architecture are analyzed in examining these influences. The tombs are described in the broader historical and architectural context of the reigns of Tughluq, Lodi, Qutb Shahi and Mughal dynasties. Besides describing the tombs and dynasties, the book traces the history of royal tombs, from the ancient Egyptian pyramids, the Greek/Roman mausoleums and the Chinese royal tombs to the Islamic tombs of Central Asia, Pakistan and India. It provides a rare insight into lesser known facts about the history and evolution of tomb architecture. With 87 colour photographs and 10 drawings.
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Jacket Front: Jahangir’s sarcophagus, Lahore. See page 116. Back: The tomb of Mohammad Shah, Delhi. See page 74.
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