Fatehpur Sikri : revisiting Akbar's masterpiece / Lucy Peck.

Main entry:

Peck, Lucy (Architect), author.

Title & Author:

Fatehpur Sikri : revisiting Akbar's masterpiece / Lucy Peck.

Publication:

New Delhi : Lustre Press : Roli Books, [2014]
©2014

Description:

145 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 22 cm

Notes:
Maps on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-140) and index.
What we know about Akbar and Fatehpur Sikri -- History -- Akbar's character -- Life at Akbar's court -- Interpreting Fatehpur Sikri now -- An exploration of Fatehpur Sikri.

Summary:

Fatehpur Sikri was founded in 1569 by the Mughal emperor Akbar, and served as the capital of the Mughal Empire from 1571 to 1585. Here the construction of a planned walled city took fifteen years to build a series of royal palaces, harem, courts, a mosque, private quarters and other utility buildings. It is one of the best-preserved collections of Mughal architecture in India. In Fatehpur Sikri, capital of the Mughal Empire for only ten years, the complex of monuments and temples, all in a uniform architectural style, includes one of the largest mosques in India, the Jama Masjid. Within it is the tomb of Salim Chisti; many believe that he makes our wishes come true! Lucy Peck goes into the architectural magnificence of the city giving us the history behind the forgotten or ghost city.

ISBN:

9788174366931
8174366938

Subject:

Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605.
Akbar (Emperor of Hindustan ; 1542-1605).
Architecture, Mughal Empire India Fatehpur Sikri.
Architecture moghole Inde Fatehpur Sīkri.
21.62 history of architecture.
Architecture, Mughal Empire
Buildings
Fatehpur Sikri (India) Buildings, structures, etc.
India Fatehpur Sikri
India.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 316039
Call No.: 316039
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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