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Adaptation of Bengal Architecture

The document discusses how cultural adaptation shaped Bengal architecture over time from 1204-1576. Key developments include the adoption of Persian and Byzantine construction techniques in the early period. Later architectures like the Adina Mosque incorporated local materials and styles like curved cornices and domes that symbolized rural hut designs. The Elakkhi Tomb introduced mixed structural systems with thinner walls. Later structures like the Chamkatti Mosque and Shat Gambuj Mosque refined designs with repeating prototypes and decorative elements that came to define distinct Bengal architectural styles.

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Adaptation of Bengal Architecture

The document discusses how cultural adaptation shaped Bengal architecture over time from 1204-1576. Key developments include the adoption of Persian and Byzantine construction techniques in the early period. Later architectures like the Adina Mosque incorporated local materials and styles like curved cornices and domes that symbolized rural hut designs. The Elakkhi Tomb introduced mixed structural systems with thinner walls. Later structures like the Chamkatti Mosque and Shat Gambuj Mosque refined designs with repeating prototypes and decorative elements that came to define distinct Bengal architectural styles.

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HOW CULTURAL ADAPTATION SHAPE OUR BENGAL

ARCHITECTURE?
1204
Era of the Governors
▪ Persian & Byzantine construction
technique adapted by local masons
▪ Built by local brick except structural
elements

Indo-Islamic Style
▪ Stone cladding for durability &
aesthetics

Zafar Khan Gazi mosque

1339
First regime of Ilias Shahi Family ▪ Adapting the Persian & Arabic spatial
organization
▪ Built by local brick with stone

Indo-Islamic Style
foundation

Adina Mosque

1412
The regime of King Ganasha and Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah
▪ Representation of rural hut
having curved cornice for
rainwater drainage and
Bengal Style

symbolized the pitched roof


▪ Achieved the acceptance from the
local mass
▪ The corner minarets with circular
bands represented the bamboo
support in huts
▪ Revolutionary dome size
▪ Minimalist in design approach
and cost efficient
▪ Entirely built on bricks
Elakkhi Tomb
1436
1436
Second regime of Ilias Shahi Family ▪ Introduction of mixed
structural system
▪ An additional approach
verandah with the main
prayer area

Bengal Style
▪ Thinner wall less than 1.5m
wide by using squinch
▪ Chowchala vault at the
central grid of verandah
represents both local
heritage and structural
symbolism
▪ Use of stone beneath
arches and at base for
structural strength
Chamkatti mosque

▪ Developed an
repeating prototype

Khan Jahan Style


composed of
pendentive and
dome to generate
horizontal expansion
of prayer space
▪ Rectangular
chowchala vault at
the central grid
▪ Use of curved
cornice

Shat Gambuj mosque

1486
Regime of Hossain Shahi Family

▪ Rich and detailed façade


decoration
Bengal Style

Choto Sona mosque

1576

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