South Asia

India

Dr.

Former Associate Professor at Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, India

sparihar48@gmail.com

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Kot Kapura-151204
Punjab, India

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M.A. (History of Art) 1977; M.A. (History) 1986; M.Phil. (History) 1980; Ph.D. (Mughal Architecture in the Punjab 1526-1707) 1991; Film Appreciation Course (FTII & NFAI, Pune, 2008).

As an art historian, I have done pioneer work on the Indo-Islamic
architecture of North-Western India. Besides the above-mentioned books,
more than three dozen research papers have been published in
international journals like Oriental Art (London), Journal of the Royal
Asiatic Society (London), Iran (London), East & West (Rome), Muqarnas
(Leiden), Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society (Karachi), Journal of
the Research Society of Pakistan (Lahore), Islamic Studies (Islamabad),
Marg (Mumbai), etc. Also contributed to The Dictionary of Art (34 vols),
published my M/S Macmillan (London) and Encyclopaedia of Persian Language,
Literature and Culture in the Sub-Continent (to be published in Iran).

2015. Islamic Architecture of Punjab (1206-1707). Delhi: Aryan Books International.
2009. Architectural Heritage of a Sikh State: Faridkot. Delhi: Aryan Books
International.

2008. Land Transport in Mughal India: Agra-Lahore Mughal Highway and its
Architectural Remains. Delhi: Aryan Books International.

2006. History and Architectural Remains of Sirhind (Delhi: Aryan Books
International).

1999. Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture (Delhi: Abhinav
Publications).

1985. Mughal Monuments of Punjab and Haryana (Delhi: Inter-India
Publications)

1985. Muslim Inscriptions in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh (Delhi:
Inter-India Publications)

Mughal architecture, Indo-Islamic architecture, Sikh architecture, Mughal, Agra-Lahore