Navina Najat Haidar, Marika Sardar, "Sultans of the South: Arts of India's Deccan Courts, 1323-1687"
MetMuseum of Art | 2011 | ISBN: 0300175876 | English | PDF | 336 pages | 80.7 Mb
Between the 14th and the 17th century, the Deccan plateau of south-central India was home to a series of important and highly cultured Muslim courts. Subtly blending elements from Iran, West Asia, southern India, and sometimes Europe, as well as southern and northern India, the arts produced under these sultanates are markedly different from those of the rest of India and especially from those created under Mughal patronage…