The book studies ‘INLAY’ art as it developed in Mughal Architecture indigenously, from Humayun to shah Jehan (c. 1535 to 1658 AD), landmark examples of which have been illustrated. Mughal inlay is architectural, and it is a misnomer to brand it: ‘pietra-dura’ which was a Florentine picture-art used on wooden furniture.
‘Orpheus Plaques’ which led the colonial historians to trace origin of Mughal inlay to Florence, were imported ready-made and here is no other example of Florentine Pietra-dura. Inlay is the most distinctive characteristic of Mughal Architecture and study of its growth and development, to the elegance of the Taj dados, the chef d’oeu-vre of Indian art, is historicallyas enlightening, as interesting it is artistically.
Professor R. Nath (b. 1933 ), M.A., Ph.D., D. Litt, taught History at Agra college and University of Rajasthan Jaipur, from where he retired as Professor and Head of Department of History and Indian Culture. For Almost half a Century, he has studying Indian historical architecture, chiefly Mughal Architecture, on which subject he has authored 55 books, 15 monographs and 179 rescearch-papers, including the multi-volume series: history of Mughal Architecture with his knowledge of Sanskrit and Persion he writes authoritatively. His is, essentially, a study of the Land, the People and the Culture.
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