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Explain the principal features of architecture during Akbar’s rule. What changes were made in them by Shahjahan?

  • UPSC 2002
  • Culture during Mughal Empire

Reading Akbar's and Shah Jahan's building programmes side by side shows less a linear "improvement" than a change in architectural philosophy — from experimental synthesis to standardized refinement.

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  • Part One: The Principal Features of Akbar's Architecture
  • Material and Structural Vocabulary
  • Fatehpur Sikri as the Test Case of the Style
  • Part Two: The Changes Shah Jahan Introduced
  • Material Change and Its Consequences
  • From Syncretic Ornament to Formal Imperial Idiom
  • …and 1 more sections, with a conclusion

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