Talk:Indo-Saracenic

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[edit] Vocabulary?

What is a harem windows and what is a Bangala roof? Without definitions this page is more a nuisance than otherwise, since googling redirects back to wikimirrors of this page ro to this page...Undead Herle King (talk) 19:08, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Origin

Apparently, the Indo-Saracenic style was pioneered in Madras and by Robert Chisholm. I am unable to find sources for the data though. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 155.69.165.89 (talk) 06:58, 30 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Can anybody answer?

Why this

is called Neo-Classicism

and this

is Indo-Saracenic? --Dojarca 17:41, 21 August 2007 (UTC)


Because this page is poorly researched and contains no sources.
British colonial architecture in Calcutta is, as you correctly point out, largely Neoclassical. The Indo-Saracenic style, which combines elements of Mughal architecture with the fashionable Gothic Revival, is more usually found in Bombay, Madras and, to a lesser extent, Delhi. 64.236.80.62 (talk) 12:49, 21 November 2007 (UTC)