Question
Describe the architecture under the Sultanate period?
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Answer
- The Turks and the Afghans introduced a new style of architecture. It was known as the Indo-Islamic style of architecture.
- The Delhi Sultanate built many monuments, mosques, domes and minarets.
- So, the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque in Delhi built by Qutub-ud-din Aibak between 1192 and 1193 was a symbol of Islamic might over India.
- The construction of Qutub Minar was started by Qutub-ud-din Aibak and completed by Iltutmish.
- Alauddin Khalji built the Alai Darwaza next to the Qutub Minar.
- The monuments of Tughlaqs, Sayyids and Lodhis include the Tughlaqabad Fort, Firoz Shah Kotla, Bada Gumbad, tombs of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq, Muhammand-binTughlaq and Sikander Lodhi.
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