Much of northern India is conquered during…

Much of northern India is conquered during the twelfth century by Muslim invaders, whose proscription of the making of images and sculpture—the dominant Indian art form—causes architecture to become the most important form of artistic expression.

Largely based on Persian and Turkish prototypes, the first of the great edifices devoted to Islam is the impressive Quwwat ul-Islam, or Might of Islam mosque, erected in on the site of a Hindu temple in Delhi.