Akbar’s son Jehangir took great interest in art. He loved painting and greatly appreciated the beauty of nature. During his time‚ the focus of the paintings became the incidents concerning court life and hunting scenes. The artists too became more specialized. Some artists painted only animals; some did only portraits‚ and some others were experts only in painting court scenes. These miniatures were also bound together during this time in big albums called the murraqas. Jehangir was greatly influenced
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Topic: Cultural‚ economic‚ and political impact of Islam on South and Southeast Asia between 1000CE and 1750 CE. Situation at Beginning of Era |Invading Turkish conquerors had brutal and oppressive|Art and culture in South and Southeast Asia was | | |reigns over non-Muslims‚ destroying Hindu and |predominantly unaffected by Islam in terms of style | | |Buddhist temples‚ kidnapping
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Culture of Pakistan From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search [pic] The 17th century Badshahi Mosque built by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Lahore The society and culture of Pakistan (Urdu: ثقافت پاکستان) comprises numerous diverse cultures and ethnic groups: the Punjabis‚ Kashmiris‚ Sindhis in east‚ Muhajirs‚ Makrani in the south; Baloch and Pashtun in the west; and the ancient Dardic‚ Wakhi‚ and Burusho communities in the north. These Pakistani cultures have been greatly
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the Afghans. While Mahmud of Ghazni focused on the North Indian temples cities for riches and maverick enthusiasm‚ Muhammad Ghori sustained political aspiration in expansion to these intentions. He fancied to make northern India part of his Ghorian Empire. In this way‚ succeeding his effective fights‚ Muhammad Ghori assigned his trusted and prominent slave‚ Qutbuddin Aibak as his agent to govern the newly conquered territories of the Sub-continent. Mahmud of Ghazni Mahmud Ghaznavi was the first
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Ashoka excelled in whatever he was taught. Be it the art of warfare or reading the Holy Scriptures‚ Asoka excelled in whatever he did. Ashoka had many half brothers and he was loved by one and all. Thus‚ after his father died‚ he was crowned as the king of Magadha around 268 B.C. After being crowned as the king‚ he proved himself by smoothly administrating his territory and performing all his duties as an able and courageous king. The Mauryan Empire reached its peak under the rule of Ashoka. He undertook
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first three floor are each designed differently‚it is 72.5m high‚tapering from 14.32m in diameter at its base to 2.75m at its peak.The surrounding area contains funerary buildings‚notably the magnificent Alai-Darwaza Gate‚the masterpiece of Indo-Muslim art built in 1311‚and two mosques‚including the Quwwatu’l-Islam‚the oldest in northern India‚built of materials reused from some twent Brahman temples.Presently this mosque complex there is courtyard and a prayer hall. The iron Pillar in the mosque compund
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shadowy snake descends the steps to eventually join a stone serpent head at the base of the great staircase up the pyramids side. 2.Christ Redeemer Christ the redeemer is a statue of Jesus Christ in rio de janeiro‚ brazil; considered largest art deco statue in the world. It is 30 meters tall and its arms stretch 28 meters wide. It weighs 635 tones and Is located at the peak of the 700 meter Corcovado mountain overlooking the city. It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone and was constructed
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4. History of Pakistan | | | 30th September 1947 | Pakistan become member of UN | 26th October 1947 | Kashmiri Maharaja acceded to India which Lord Mountbatten accepted on behalf of India | 27th October 1947 | India air-lift its troops to Srinagar and lauched a full scale attack on Kashmir | 1948 AD | First Pakistan India War | 1st January 1948 | India took Kashmir dispute to Security council | 1st April 1948 | India cut off water supply to Pakistan from two of its headworks‚ causing a
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Indian history. He was born on October 15‚ 1942 and died October 27‚ 1605. In 1556‚ at the young age of 13‚ Akbar was forced to become ruler when his father‚ Humayun‚ died. He learned from mentors and began seizing land. By the time of his death‚ his empire was almost all of northern India. He was the greatest of the Moguls‚ the Muslim dynasty that dominated India between the early 15th and 18th centuries. Akbar had many contributions and had a major influence during his time. Akbar controlled a lot
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England’s generations. The Mughal Emperor Akbar also experienced a troubled youth. His tutor taught him “universal peace” which is what he followed when he came into power. Akbar was a brutal warrior‚ but also known to be very spiritual. He was known to be “powerful‚ magnetic‚ and inspiring”. After Akbar inherited the Mughal Empire it expanded from all of north and central India which consisted of Muslim and Hindu people. Akbar needed a large army to contain his empire. He was known to be a skilled
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