Gujarat Style
First and Second Periods (1300- 1458)
Third or Begarha Period (1459- 1550)
The Gujarat style is the most important of all the provincial styles in India.
Two factors are responsible for the prodigious output of architecture in this region:
The Gujarat style is the most indigenous Indian style of all the provincial styles. Many structures are adaptations or extracts of local Hindu and Jain temples.
The style can be divided into three main periods:
First Period (First half of the 14th Century A.D.)
Main Buildings
Third or Begarha Period (1459- 1550)
The Gujarat style is the most important of all the provincial styles in India.
Two factors are responsible for the prodigious output of architecture in this region:
- The egotism of the powerful Ahmed Shahi dynasty who wanted to surround themselves with architectural evidences of their might.
- The supply of skilled indigenous workmen.
The Gujarat style is the most indigenous Indian style of all the provincial styles. Many structures are adaptations or extracts of local Hindu and Jain temples.
The style can be divided into three main periods:
First Period (First half of the 14th Century A.D.)
- Consisted of the customary phase of demolition of temples followed by reconversion of the building materials.
- The buildings of this period have the appearance of being formative and experimental.
- Many buildings were built using materials from Hindu temples. Most often, the pillars would be used as they were, while the walls would be built of original masonry, sometimes using stones taken from the temples and recut to suit the requirements.
- In this period, we see the art approaching an early consummation, with slightly tentative qualities.
- There is more directional authority in the buildings and increased assurance in the design.
- This can also be called the Ahmed Shahi period, after the Sultan Ahmed Shah.
- This is the most magnificent aspect of the style.
- Most of the development in this phase happened under Sultan Mahmud I Begarha (1458-1511).
Main Buildings
Second Period
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Third (Begarha) Period
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