Indo-Saracenic architecture

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Indo-Saracenic architecture is a colonial-era architectural style that blends Indian, Islamic, and Western design elements into grand, eclectic buildings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style
revival architecture
alsoKnownAs Hindu-Saracenic architecture
Indo-Gothic architecture
Indo-Islamic Revival
Indo-Saracenic Revival
architect Charles Mant
Frederick William Stevens
George Wittet
Henry Irwin
Robert Chisholm
associatedWith British Raj
linked to: British India

imperial representation
characterizedBy bulbous domes
chhatris
cusped arches
grand scale
jalis
large domes
minarets
ornate brackets
pavilions
pointed arches
polychrome decoration
symmetrical compositions
developedIn British Ceylon
British India
Princely states of India
influencedBy Dravidian architecture
Gothic Revival architecture
Indo-Islamic architecture
Mughal architecture
Neoclassical architecture
Rajput architecture
Renaissance Revival architecture
Victorian architecture
notableExample Amba Vilas Palace
linked to: Jai Vilas Palace

Chepauk Palace extensions
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus
Gateway of India
Madras High Court
Madras University Senate House
Mayo College, Ajmer
Mysore Palace
Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
linked to: Victoria Memorial
purpose to appeal to Indian elites
to express British imperial power using Indian motifs
region Indian subcontinent
linked to: South Asia

Sri Lanka
relatedTo Colonial architecture in India
Mughal Revival architecture
timePeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
usedFor courts
government buildings
museums
palaces
public monuments
railway stations
universities

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Rashtrapati Bhavan style Indo-Saracenic architecture
Indian Museum hasArchitecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
North Block, New Delhi architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
Gateway of India architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
City Palace, Jaipur architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
Madras High Court architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
Chennai Egmore railway station style Indo-Saracenic architecture
Mughal architecture influenced Indo-Saracenic architecture
Jaffna Public Library architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
Parliament House architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
Gedung Sate architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
Viceroy's House architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
Indo-Saracenic architecture alsoKnownAs Indo-Saracenic Revival
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
Indo-Saracenic architecture alsoKnownAs Indo-Gothic architecture
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
Indo-Saracenic architecture alsoKnownAs Hindu-Saracenic architecture
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
Indo-Saracenic architecture relatedTo Mughal Revival architecture
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
Secretariat Building architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
Durbar Wing architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
North Block style Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
Khalsa College, Amritsar architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
Ahsan Manzil architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
B.B.D. Bagh architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
William Emerson movement Indo-Saracenic architecture
William Emerson architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
Central Secretariat architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
Ujjayanta Palace architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
Tamil Nadu Secretariat architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
Royal Pavilion, Brighton architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
Lalgarh Palace architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
Telangana High Court architectureStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
Merdeka Square architecturalStyleSurroundings Indo-Saracenic
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
George Wittet architecturalStyle Indo-Gothic architecture
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
Taj Mahal Palace Hotel architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
Frederick William Stevens style Indo-Saracenic architecture
Ipoh railway station architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
Laxmi Vilas Palace architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
Laxmi Vilas Palace architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic Revival
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
Albert Hall Museum architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic Revival
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
Mubarak Mahal architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
Mysore Palace architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
Mohatta Palace architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
Osmania General Hospital architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
Lalitha Mahal Palace architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
Kapurthala architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
National Art Gallery, Chennai architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
Ripon Building architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
Madras Egmore architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
Robert Chisholm architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
Robert Chisholm movement Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture
linked to: Indo-Saracenic architecture
Deccan architecture relatedTo Indo-Saracenic architecture