A ceremonial tent or awning featuring removable walls that consist typically of decorated or coloured cloth. They were used by Mughal emperors as temporary tents during journeys and hunting trips. From the Urdu shamiana, meaning “tent.”
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A Persian term for private quarters in a house reserved exclusively for women. Originally an extension of the Islamic concept…
In architecture, uppermost member of a column or pilaster, wider than the shaft and often distinctively carved or decorated in…
Straight enclosure wall surrounding the shrine and other structures, and demarcating pathways around them, in Dravida-style temples of South India.…
The style of cave temple architecture developed under the patronage of the Pallava king Mahendravarman I, characterised by simplicity of…
A painted room in the form of a gallery commissioned by kings, nobles and merchants. The chitrashala in Bundi Palace,…
A niche in the wall of a mosque which indicates the qibla (direction of the Kaaba in Mecca) and is…
A type of fine plaster or coating material used to cover walls and ceilings with decorative patterns, it is also…
An architectural descriptor for ceilings or roofs that feature self-supporting arches known as vaults. In its simplest form, the vault…