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... inscriptions and small naskhi inscriptions round the panels . Below are geometrical and floral patterns and the sections are separated by wooden platforms as a pre- caution against earthquakes . This patterning was new , but by the ...
... inscriptions and small naskhi inscriptions round the panels . Below are geometrical and floral patterns and the sections are separated by wooden platforms as a pre- caution against earthquakes . This patterning was new , but by the ...
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... inscriptions . At Delhi the inscriptions are in the new monumental thuluth while at Jam the traditional Kufic is used . The Ghurid general in Delhi , Qutb al - Din Aybaq , used the local skill of the stonemason and sculptor in treating ...
... inscriptions . At Delhi the inscriptions are in the new monumental thuluth while at Jam the traditional Kufic is used . The Ghurid general in Delhi , Qutb al - Din Aybaq , used the local skill of the stonemason and sculptor in treating ...
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... inscriptions in Persian and Arabic painted in Kufic under the glaze . Shah Rukh succeeded in establishing himself as his father's successor in most of his wide empire . He moved the capital to Herat in Khurasan , where he had ruled as ...
... inscriptions in Persian and Arabic painted in Kufic under the glaze . Shah Rukh succeeded in establishing himself as his father's successor in most of his wide empire . He moved the capital to Herat in Khurasan , where he had ruled as ...
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