Gullbarga, Bidar, Bijapur

SPECIFICATION: Publisher : Jaico Publishing House By : Helen Philon (Author) Binding : Paperback Language : English   Edition : 2014 Pages :  144 pages Size : :14.4 x 1 x 19.4 cm ISBN-10 :   8184956010 ISBN-13 :   978-8184956016 DESCRIPTION: The magnificent monuments of Gulbarga, Bidar and Bijapur in northern Karnataka are manifestations of a vibrant culture that flourished under the rule of the Bahmani and Adil Shahi sultans during the 14th to 17th centuries. The wealth of these rulers derived from the lucrative trade routes that traversed the Deccan plateau, while the splendour of their courts owed much to an open immigration policy by which gifted individuals from other parts of India, as well as from the Middle East and Central Asia, were encouraged to settle. Though the Bahmanis were supplanted partly by the Adil Shahis at the turn of the 16th century and the latter were annihilated by the Mughal invasion of the Deccan in the 1680s, their capital cities preserve many splendi