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The sacred architecture of Islam is one of the most prolific traditions of building in the history of art. It is a tradition with four major strands- Arab, Iranian, Turkish and Indian. Historians of Architecture have, for many decades, been assiduously examining these strands, so that it is now possible to survey them all panoramically as a cultural phenomenon within the ambit of Muslim civilization. However, the first three strands appear to be separated from the last by what may be called the Hindu Kush barrier. The Indo-Muslim monuments of this strand have baffled the historians for long. The present book seeks to discuss this style in detail and also to present sacred architecture of Islam steadily and in totality.