This book is part of a series of books aimed at disseminating the accurate history of India drawn from the primary sources. Tipu Sultan The Tyrant of Mysore Book Description : The attempt is to examine the art and architecture of the Mysore Sultans from every possible point of view and the book will surely be of immense value to scholars, students and art-lovers."-book jacket. It is replete with over three hundred spectacular photographs, contemporary maps, topographic surveys and line drawings, highlighting all nuances of the subject. This book is based on extensive fieldwork and photo-documentation and an indepth study of contemporary Indian, Persian and English literary sources, paintings, illustrated imperial manuscripts and inscriptions. Finally, the appendix has a survey of the coins of the Mysore Sultans from the National Museum collection. It also incorporates the scientific investigation of the pigment composition of the paintings. Further, this book closely examines the exquisite murals in the summer palace at Srirangaptna. This book is a detailed aesthetic study of the art and architecture of the palaces, forts, mosques, mausoleum at Srirangapatna, Bangalore and the neighbourhood. Consequently, the study of art and architecture of the period has so far remained in the shadows. Studies on the period of Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan - the 'Mysore Sultans' inevitably focus on the dominant narrative of political history of the time and its attendant romantic anecdotes. "This book is a pioneering work on an area which has received scant attention in the past. The Heritage of Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan Book Description : The Heritage of Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan Its Scholarly Value Is Enhanced By Professor HasanS Extensive Use Of English, French, Persian, And Urdu Sources. This Pioneering Study Will Enable The Reader To Appraise The Career And Character Of This Extraordinary Man.
The Last Three Chapters Of The Book Have Been Devoted To A Description Of The SultanS Government And Army, His Reforms And Religious Policy, His Efforts At Industrialisation And State Socialism, His Character, His Failures And Achievements. He Has Paid Sufficient Attention To The Causes And Results Of Wars, While TipuS Relation With The English, The French, The Nizam, The Marathas And The Ottoman Sultan Have Been Fully Discussed. However, He Has Not Ignored Other Aspects Of His Career. As Practically The Whole Of Tipu'S Life Was Taken Up With Fighting, The Author Has Devoted Considerable Space To Campaigns And Battles. In The Present Work, An Attempt Has Been Made To Give An Accurate Picture Of Tipu Sultan By Disengaging His Personality From Masses Of Fictions And Distortions Which Have Gathered Round Him. History of Tipu Sultan Book Description :
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