Monday, April 27, 2020
FINDINGS
Its bastion-like tapering corner towers with their rounded cupolas and two-storied conception, which rises high above the roof, appears to have been dictated by similar tughlaqian examples of the khirki (c 1375) and the kalan mosques (1380) at delhi. The circular shape of these corner towers is worth noting as it distinguishes the khan jahani group of monuments from other buildings of khalifatabad. The interior plan of the mosque - a large central nave with the side wings - follows a style noticed for the first time in bengal in the adina mosque (1375), which in turn might have been derived from other earlier mosques erected in imitation of the damascus jami (705-15). The chau-chala vaults over the central nave, hitherto not used in bengal architecture and noticed subsequently in the chhota sona mosque (1493-1519) and the lattan mosque (early 16th century) at gaur, appear to have originated from the chau-chala huts of bengal.
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