The purpose of the present work is to study the historical, cultural, architectural aspects of the monuments of the Muslim period of a particular place i.e., Gulbarga, a historical town and the headquarters of the district in the state of Karnataka in Southern India, on the basis of published and unpublished works, inscriptions, farmans and a field study of the monuments. The town of Gulbarga was a celebrated capital of the Bahmanis after the decline of the Hindu dynasties in the Deccan and later it became a famous religious centre for the Muslims in the Deccan. The study covers the period of 400 years of the city of Gulbarga to get a full picture of the cultural activities, especially the building of monuments.
It is well known that Gulbarga played an important role in the post medieval history of the Deccan as the capital of an outstanding kingdom and a great religious seat of the Muslims in the Deccan from the 14th century to the 17th century A.D.. The political, cultural and architectural aspects of the period have been studied by scholars. During the period, the Muslim architecture played the most significant role in the evolution of Deccan architecture and culture. The present study seeks to focus on the cultural and architectural aspects of the area and assess its role in the historical and architectural development in the Deccan.
The topic has been taken up in view of the fact that the area is rich in several Persian source materials as well as varieties of secular and religious monuments, most of which remain as yet untapped for a detailed study.
The source materials comprising of Persian literary works, epigraphs and the records like farmans and varieties of religious and secular monuments, of different periods such as mosques, tombs, dargas, Idgahs, chillas, khankhas, forts, bastions, graves, grave yards and other structures of historical importance have been utilised for the present study.
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