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Tughluq Shāhī Mosque
The Tughluq Shāhī Mosque is a former small mosque, now in partial ruins, located west of the Nīlakaṇṭheśvara temple, in Udaypur, in the Vidisha district of the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The mosque was constructed in the time of Muḥammad bin Tughluq (1325–51).[1] The building is part of a protected Monument of National Importance under the jurisdiction of the Archaeological Survey of India. DescriptionThe mosque consists of a covered prayer hall, built on the temple platform. It incorporates a number of older pillars, and preserves the balcony seats with sloping backs (kakṣāsna) that once surrounded most of the temple complex. A small arched mihrab was added to the western wall at the time construction.[2][3][4] The mosque was built in the 14th century, as testified by two inscriptions on small arched gates still standing either side of the Śiva temple.[5] These inscriptions date AH 739 (1338/1339 CE).[6][7][8]
R. Saksena 1926.[7]
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