Dedicatory Inscription from a Mosque
Date Added
09/07/2019
Content Type
Art And Craft
Category
Carving
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Subject Area
Architecture
Description
This dedicatory inscription in "tughra" script, dated A.H. 905/A.D. 1500, is from a mosque in western Bengal built for Prince Daniyal, a son of Sultan Husayn Shah. The inscription is an outstanding example of Indo-Muslim epigraphy: the regular pattern in which the vertical letters are arranged and the skillfully inserted, bowlike words that structure the pattern are typical of Muslim calligraphy in medieval Bengal and later in the Deccan.
Gallery 450.
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