Dedicatory Inscription from a Mosque, dated 905/ 1500

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Dedicatory Inscription from a Mosque, dated 905/ 1500, Made in India, Bengal, Gabbro; carved, H. 16 1/8 (41 cm), Stone, This dedicatory inscription in 'tughra' script, dated 905 1500, is from a mosque in western Bengal built for Prince Daniyal, a son of Sultan Husayn Shah. The inscription is an outstanding example of Indo-Muslim epigraphy: the regular pattern in which the vertical letters are arranged and the skillfully inserted, bowlike words that structure the pattern are typical of Muslim calligraphy in medieval Bengal and later in the Deccan

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