| Tughluq Shāhī Mosque | |
|---|---|
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam (former) |
| Mosque (former) | |
| Status | Inactive; (partial ruinous state) |
| Location | |
| Location | Udaypur, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh |
| Country | India |
  Location of the former mosque in Madhya Pradesh | |
| Coordinates | 22°35′02″N 75°17′53″E / 22.584°N 75.298°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque architecture |
| Completed | Template:AH |
| Template:Infobox designation list/entry | |
The Tughluq Shāhī Mosque is a former small mosque, now in partial ruins, located west of the Nīlakaṇṭheśvara temple, in Udaypur, in the Vidisha district of the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The mosque was constructed in the time of Muḥammad bin Tughluq (1325–51).[1] The building is part of a protected Monument of National Importance under the jurisdiction of the Archaeological Survey of India.
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The mosque consists of a covered prayer hall, built on the temple platform. It incorporates a number of older pillars, and preserves the balcony seats with sloping backs (kakṣāsna) that once surrounded most of the temple complex. A small arched mihrab was added to the western wall at the time construction.[2][3][4]
The mosque was built in the 14th century, as testified by two inscriptions on small arched gates still standing either side of the Śiva temple.[5] These inscriptions date Template:AH.[6][7][8]
R. Saksena 1926.[7]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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One of a pair of mosque inscriptions, dated Template:AH.
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Jackson, Peter A. (1999). The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ Cunningham, A. Archaeological Survey of India Reports. Vol. 10. p. 68.
- ↑ Patil, D. R. (1952). The Descriptive and Classified List of Archaeological Monuments in Madhya Bharat. Gwalior: Dept. of Archaeology, Madhya Bharat Government.
- ↑ Indian Archaeology: A Review. 1983–84. p. 56.
- ↑ "Udaypur उदयपुर (Madhya Pradesh). Entrance to the courtyard with Persian and Arabic inscription, dated in the mid-fourteenth century CE". Zenodo. 2024. doi:10.5281/zenodo.10573804.
- ↑ Rahim, Syed Abdur (2000). Arabic, Persian and Urdu Inscriptions of Central India: A Topographical List. New Delhi: Sundeep Prakashan. p. 122.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Saksena, R. (1926). "Muslim Epigraphy in the Gwalior State". The Indian Antiquary (55): 4–5.
- ↑ Desai, Z. A. (1964–65). ARIE. p. 23.