The Splendour that was ʾInd: A Survey of Indian Culture and Civilisation (from the Earliest Times to the Death of Emperor Aurangzeb)D. B. Taraporevala, 1930 - 236 pages |
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Page 69
... followed in France under Louis XIV . Akbar's passion for organisation , —a veritable mark of genius , -shows itself again and again in the minute regulation of every detail of life in his Court and his harem , his army and his ...
... followed in France under Louis XIV . Akbar's passion for organisation , —a veritable mark of genius , -shows itself again and again in the minute regulation of every detail of life in his Court and his harem , his army and his ...
Page 93
... followed soon after , when the curb of spiritualism was relaxed by the growing breeze of agnosticism . Vallabhacharya built his epicurean mansion on this new form of the sentiment of devotion , though Chaitanya , his contemporary , had ...
... followed soon after , when the curb of spiritualism was relaxed by the growing breeze of agnosticism . Vallabhacharya built his epicurean mansion on this new form of the sentiment of devotion , though Chaitanya , his contemporary , had ...
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... followed as a matter of course , while its embellishment with fountains and kiosks inside and colonnades and caravanserais outside are among the ordinary features of Muslim buildings of this kind . The wonderful contrast afforded by the ...
... followed as a matter of course , while its embellishment with fountains and kiosks inside and colonnades and caravanserais outside are among the ordinary features of Muslim buildings of this kind . The wonderful contrast afforded by the ...
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