Building Burhanpur: The Process of Constructing a Mughal City

When Emperor Akbar (r. 1556–1605) conquered Burhanpur, the capital of the Khandesh sultanate, in 1601, he catalyzed a decades-long process of transforming the city into a regional capital of the Mughal empire. In this essay, I argue that Mughal Burhanpur was constructed in three stages of spatial an...

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Main Author: Hirsch, Rachel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Muqarnas
Year: 2022, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 79-108
Further subjects:B Burhanpur
B Sufi
B Mughal
B Khandesh
B Architecture
B Urbanization
B Deccan
B garden
B City
B Urbanism
B South Asia
B India
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