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C. Answer in one word or phrase :
1. What name is given to the architecture practised during the Delhi Sultanate period?
2. The construction of which building did Qutb-ud-din Aibak start?
3. What is a common name for many mosques constructed at different places?

4. Who built the Kirti Stambha at Chittor?
5. Whose mausoleum is built in the middle of a lake?
6. On the bank of which river is the Taj Mahal situated?
D. Answer the questions in brief :
1. What type of buildings were built during the medieval period in India?

2. What type of architecture was practised during the Delhi Sultanate period? What were its causes?
3. What were the important buildings constructed during the Delhi Sultanate period?
4. What type of Hindu architecture was practised during the Delhi Sultanate period?
5. What is the contribution of Akbar in architecture?
6. What did Vijayanagara rulers build in temples?

E. Answer the questions in detail :
1. What are the main features of Indo-Islamic architecture?
2. What are the basic features of Mughal architecture?
3. How did Akbar patronise art and architecture?
4. Where could you find the specimens of Hindu architecture during the Delhi Sultanate period?
5. Describe Shah Jahan as the greatest patron of architecture.
6. Write a short note on the Taj Mahal.

1. What makes the Taj Mahal one of the seven wonders of the world?
2. What type of building would you like to construct when you grow up? Why?

Nagara and Dravidian style
The style of temple architecture that became popular in northern India is known as Nagara. Nagara
style was developed regionally, each region manifesting its own particular qualities. Whereas Dravidian
style of temple architecture became popular in South India. Dravidian style of temples was developed
dynastically, however the major features of these temples remained common across the dynasties.
When we have discussed both about the Nagara and Dravidian styles of temple-buildings, we are in a
position to note down the differences in their styles. While the Nagara style temples are generally made
of bricks and mortar, the Dravidian style temples are often cut out of solid rocks from top to bottom.
The Dravidian temples have high and majestic gateways called gopurams which are conspicuous by their
absence in the Nagara style temples. The Dravidian style temples have pyramid-like towers over the
central part while the Nagara style temples have dome-like structure over the central part. The temples
of the south are generally bigger in size and area than the northern temples. They have spacious
courtyards. The sourthern temples were not only centres of religious activity like the northern temples
but they were also centres of social and economic activities.

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