SOUTH ASIA PT2

• DAMBULLA CAVE TEMPLE - a unique feature in these caves was the

  use of a drip ledge carved along the top edge of the rock ceiling which stopped rain water running into the cave

  
• RUWANWELISAYA STUPA

  
• POLONNARUWA VATADAGE

  
• PALACE OF KING PARAKRAMABAHU

  
• WORLD TRADE CENTER

  
• BANK OF CEYLON

  
• SIXTY DOME MOSQUE

  
• vatadage is considered to be one of ancient Sri Lanka's most prolific architectural creations
• Architecture of Bangladesh is intertwined with the architecture of the Bengal region and the broader Indian subcontinent
• TAJHAT PALACE

  
• Fazlur Rahman Khan was a structural engineer and architect, who initiated structural systems that are fundamental to tall building design today. Regarded as the "Einstein of structural engineering"
• stupa - a key architectural form of the early Buddhist period.
• The mausoleum was a significant Islamic structure,
• MAUSOLEUM AT MAZAR-I SHARIF

  
• mosque - universal religious building
• GHORID MINARET AT JAM - one of two surviving monuments in Afghanistan

  
• NEW NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFGHANISTAN - celebrates the richness of Afghanistan’s cultural heritage and the spirit of its peoples

  
• TOMB OF THE SHAH RUKN-I-ALAM

  
• Mughal architecture emerged in the medieval period during the reign of the Mughal Empire in the 15th to 17th centuries
• LAHORE MUSEUM

  
• PAKISTAN MONUMENT

  
• Dzongs comprise heavy masonry curtain walls surrounding one or more courtyards