Bibliographical essays

Summary

PRECEDENTS FOR MUGHAL ARCHITECTURE

Many of the monuments cited in this chapter as well as subsequent ones are discussed and illustrated in the two classical sources: Percy Brown, Indian Architecture, Islamic Period, 5th ed. rev., Bombay, 1958, and John Marshall, "The Monuments of Muslim India," in The Cambridge History of India, Vol. in, Cambridge, 1922.' While monographs and books concerning more limited areas or single sites have since been written, these two texts remain the best sources for comprehensive treatment of architecture in the pre-Mughal period and should be consulted for many works discussed here. John Hoag, Islamic Architecture, New York, 1977, is useful for placing the material in a greater Islamic context.

Other sources for material discussed here as well as in subsequent chapters include Alexander Cunningham (ed.), Archaeological Survey of India Reports (ASIR) , 23 vols., Calcutta, 1871-87. In addition there are numerous reports and series issued by the Archaeological Survey of India which will be cited in specific contexts throughout this essay. However, of particular value for historical inscriptions on these monuments are the Annual Report of Indian Epigraphy (ARIE) and Epigraphia Indica: Arabic and Persian Supplement (ElAPS). These sources are invaluable, but for descriptive rather than analytic material.