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Architecture - Indian Saracenic |
 | | The Tomb of Malmud, Bijapur, has a dome 97 ft. in diameter, placed on a platform formed by intersecting pendentive arches, by which means the space to be covered is reduced, and the weight of the pendentives acts inwards to counteract the outward thrust of the dome, as at the Jami Masjid, Bijapur. |
 | | We have seen that, after Akbar the builder, the great Mogul tradition had been continued by his grandson, Shah Jehan, who is memorable as the author of that gem of Indian architecture, the world-famous Taj Mahal. |
 | | The example set by these Mogul Emperors was, as we should expect, followed by the nobles of their courts, who vied with one another —somewhat as did contemporary Italians in Europe—in erecting princely palaces and monumental tombs rich in Oriental splendour. |
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