Indo-Saracenic architecture

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Indo-Saracenic architecture is a colonial-era architectural style that blends Indian, Islamic, and Western design elements into grand, eclectic buildings.

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instanceOf architectural style
revival architecture
alsoKnownAs Indo-Saracenic architecture
surface form: Hindu-Saracenic architecture

Indo-Saracenic architecture
surface form: Indo-Gothic architecture

Indo-Islamic architecture
surface form: Indo-Islamic Revival

Indo-Saracenic architecture
surface form: Indo-Saracenic Revival
architect Charles Mant
Frederick William Stevens
George Wittet
Henry Irwin
Robert Chisholm
associatedWith British India
surface form: British Raj

imperial representation
characterizedBy bulbous domes
chhatris
cusped arches
grand scale
jalis
large domes
minarets
ornate brackets
pavilions
pointed arches
polychrome decoration
symmetrical compositions
developedIn British Ceylon
British India
Indian princely states
surface form: Princely states of India
influencedBy Dravidian temple architecture
surface form: Dravidian architecture

Gothic Revival architecture
Indo-Islamic architecture
Mughal architecture
Neoclassical architecture
Rajput architecture
Renaissance Revival architecture
Victorian architecture
notableExample Jai Vilas Palace
surface form: Amba Vilas Palace

Chepauk Palace, Madras
surface form: Chepauk Palace extensions

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus
Gateway of India
Madras High Court
University of Madras
surface form: Madras University Senate House

Mayo College, Ajmer
Mysore Palace
Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Victoria Memorial
surface form: Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
purpose to appeal to Indian elites
to express British imperial power using Indian motifs
region South Asia
surface form: Indian subcontinent

Sri Lanka
relatedTo Colonial architecture in India
Indo-Saracenic architecture self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mughal Revival architecture
timePeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
usedFor courts
government buildings
museums
palaces
public monuments
railway stations
universities

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Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
this entity surface form: Indo-Saracenic elements
Henry Irwin knownFor Indo-Saracenic architecture
Henry Irwin architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
this entity surface form: Indo-Saracenic
Ripon Building, Chennai architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
this entity surface form: Indo-Saracenic
Osmania General Hospital architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
Ghanta Ghar (Clock Tower) architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
subject surface form: Ghanta Ghar (Clock Tower), Multan
this entity surface form: Indo-Saracenic