Architecture : A History Through the Ages/edited by ABM Husain. Dhaka, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, 2007, xviii, 592 p., ills., ISBN 984-300-000965. [Cultural Survey of Bangladesh Series -2].

    Contents: Part I. Ancient period: 1. Historical introduction. 2. General character of monuments. 3. Inventory of structure-types. 4. Architectural references in inscriptions and literary works. 5. Concluding remarks. Bibliography. Contributors. Part II. Medieval Period: The sultanate architecture: 1. Historical introduction. 2. General character of monuments. 3. Inventory of structure-types. 4. Monuments known through inscriptional and literary references. 5. Concluding remarks. Bibliography. Contributors. The Mughal architecture: 1. Historical introduction. 2. General character of monuments. 3. Inventory of structure-types. 4. Monuments known through inscriptional and literary references. 5. Concluding remarks. Bibliography. Contributors. Part III. Modern Period: The colonial architecture: 1. Historical introduction. 2. General character of monuments. 3. Examples of some structure-types. 4. Concluding remarks. Bibliography. The contemporary architecture: 1. Architecture of Pakistan time. 2. Bangladesh Scenario. 3. Concluding remarks. Bibliography. Part IV. Appendix: 1. Mahasthangarh: witness to a legacy of two thousand years of cultural continuity/M. Shafiqul Alam and Jean-Francois Salles. 2. Some colonial palaces of Dhaka: an architect's view/M. Ali Naqi. 3. The rural architecture of Bangladesh/K. Iftikhar Ahmed. Index.

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