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ESEMPI DI ARCHITETTURA
International Journal of Architecture and Engineering
CULTURAL CONTINUITY IN THE SULTANATE BENGAL: ADJACENT PONDS OF THE MOSQUE AS A TRADITIONAL PHENOMENON
ESEMPI DI ARCHITETTURA
International Journal of Architecture and Engineering
CULTURAL CONTINUITY IN THE SULTANATE BENGAL: ADJACENT PONDS OF THE MOSQUE AS A TRADITIONAL PHENOMENON
The historical Bengal region, currently divided between Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura, has a distinct culture evolved through a long process of hybridization. Since the ancient period, it had many encounters with external cultures, the encounter with Islam was a significant one among the long lists. The Sultanate was a noteworthy period after the early encounter when traditional elements blend with the Islamic culture and generated an evolved form of Baņgālee culture. Like many other aspects of culture, Sultanate Bengal has seen the evolution of many architectural styles through the integration of traditional elements; significant progress is observed in the development of Vaishnava temples and Islamic mosques. An abundance of the mosque, almost three-quarters of historic mosques, were built in Bengal during the independent Sultanate period between 1342 CE to 1576 CE. It is further interesting that almost all of the Sultanate mosque of Bengal has a pond adjacent. This paper explores the cultural continuity of Bengal in religion, literature, music, and architecture from the ancient to Sultanate period; and further shows that the adjacent pond of sultanate mosques is a phenomenon of many confirming the continuity of the Bengali tradition for a practical cause.Keywords: Continuity of culture, Sultanate of Bengal.
pagine: | 225-235 |
DOI: | 10.4399/978882553987510 |
data pubblicazione: | Dicembre 2020 |
editore: | Aracne |