Mahavira Jain Vidyalay Suvarna Mahotsav Granth Part 1

Author(s): Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya Mumbai
Publisher: Mahavir Jain Vidyalay

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258 : SHRI MAHAVIRA JAINA VIDYALAYA GOLDEN JUBILEE VOLUME
Mughal palaces
in old Delhi
Hampton Court palace (16-17)
Bana's palace
(7th cent.) 22 Moon-light pavilion
(Candra-sala).
23 Palace galleries
(Prāsādakukşis).
Presence Chambers.
24 Chamberlain's Khwajasar.
court (Pratihāragsha).
Lord Chamberlain's Court, where he and his officials had their lodgings.
This list indicates that the architecture of the palace described by Bāņa had come from earlier times and continued even after him. Actually many other items of palace life and routine in the Indian palaces of the 7th century were borrowed from earlier time, e.g., attendants, chamberlains, amusements, performances etc. This was the outcome of the natural historical process. The picture painted by Bāņa has to be given greater relief. It is expected that a study of the palaces built in the time of Uttaravarti Gurjara and Pratihāra kings, Pāla, Paramāra, Cālukya, Yādava, Kākati, Ganga, Vijayanagaravamsi kings and also of the later Mughal emperors will fill the picture of Bāna which will throw light on the details and evolution of Indian palace architecture.
The Hampton Court Palace was built by Cardinal Woolsey in 1514 and made over to the Emperor Henry VIII in 1529 and the latter completed it in 1540. It represents the architecture of the early 16th century. It was restored after a century and a half in 1680 in the time of William the Third and Queen Anne. In the 17th century also in the time of Shahjahan the old palaces were retouched with marble structures. We find several points of similarity between the palaces in Delhi and Hampton Court. There did not exist any historical connection between these three classes of palaces but the common needs of royal life brought about an internal identity in their planning.
The Rashtrapati Bhavana at New Delhi has the following planning :
Central Vista upto India Gate (Skandhāvāra), Secretariat (Adhikaranamandapa), Main Gate (Rājadvāra), Fore Court (Bahyakakşa), Grand stair-case (Prāsādasopāna), Darbar Hall (Bähyåsthāna