‘Qutb Shahi legacy in Deccan goes beyond monuments, lies in ideological and cultural processes’

Look beyond the disposable grandeur of monuments similar the Charminar and prosecute with the deeper ideological and taste currents that defined the Qutb Shahi epoch successful the Deccan, said historiographer Salma A. Farooqui portion delivering a lecture astatine the Salar Jung Museum successful Hyderabad connected Monday.

Framing her speech astir some worldly and ideological contributions, Ms.Farooqui argued that the bequest of the Qutb Shahis cannot beryllium reduced to architecture, manuscripts oregon paintings alone. While these stay disposable markers, she said the existent taste translation laic successful the philosophical and societal processes that shaped a uniquely syncretic Deccani identity.