15
April 2025

THE ARCHITECTURE OF MUGHAL INDIA, PALACES, MOSQUES, GARDENS AND MAUSOLEUMS

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Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - 18:30
The Dorford Centre
Bridport Road Dorchester DT1 1RR
Online Event

Mughal architecture gave rise to some of the most beautiful and iconic buildings in the world.

Before the British arrived in India, the Indian subcontinent was ruled by the Mughal Emperors. The stunning buildings and gardens they constructed from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century have left an indelible stamp on India’s architectural and cultural landscape. Mughal architecture fused elements from Islamic, Persian, Turkish and Indian architectural traditions, and gave rise to some of the most beautiful and iconic buildings in the world.

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Dr John Stevens

Dr John Stevens gained his PhD in History from UCL, before going on to teach British Imperial History, Indian History and Bengali Language at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS, University of London). His biography of the Indian guru Keshab Chandra Sen – Keshab: Bengal’s Forgotten Prophet - was published by Hurst and Oxford University Press in 2018. He is a regular visitor to India and Bangladesh and has lectured at numerous Indian universities. He also works as a consultant on Indian affairs and teaches the Bengali language to private students. He has appeared many times in the Indian media, and was a guest on BBC Radio Four’s In Our Time, discussing the poet and artist Rabindranath Tagore.