Arches and Minarets but very strong representative of Islamic Architecture.

Buildings having Calligraphy as ornamentation element, * Building built during Medieval period, * Building built by a Muslim ruler, * Building constructed in Muslim ruled states of central or west Asia. It is a shear co incident that when Islam was spreading its message, in the construction industry the Arches and Domes were used to make large built spaces, which got natural patronage with Islam at that time and were perfected with that stride. Similarly the Minarets also came to fulfill the functional requirement of calling the people for congregation five times in a day, as at that time probably every wrist was not having a watch nor there were Loud Speakers to give the call. The natural choice was for a high platform to give a call for assembly which led to the development of the Minarets. Minarets eventually took the role of beacon to give direction to people to reach the places of prayer, especially in the alien places as even at that time because of mercantile economy people use to travel a lot to unknown places in search of new markets. With time Minarets became a symbol for identification. Often the rich building of the Medieval period -Mausoleum and Tombs may be referred as Islamic Architecture, but Islamic theologian may question how they can be Islamic, as building of Mausoleum and Tombs are not endorsed as Islamic way of life. The most prominent elements of Islamic architecture are -Domes -Arches -Minarets and s -the Calligraphy (depicted in the manner of a play) Each playing a very important role and purpose to which it was added, the high minarets helped in calling out to the followers every day for prayers, the domes and arches helping to build large space for gathering. It is with time that they became symbols of identification.

The elements of strong discipline and order are very evident from the geometry of the structure, the discipline being integrated from the daily routines of prayers and living.

The elements of 'Strong Discipline' and 'Order' and balance can be derived, from the manner in which the Salah (Prayer) is scheduled and integrated in the daily routine of Islamic way of living, traditionally also in all sort of Islamic Architecture strong Geometrical order

and discipline with perfect balancing has always been followed, which is the essence of Islamic Architecture.

Calligraphy, is a unique way of play with the geometry without losing the discipline and order, which keeps the rhythm and dynamism in expression, which has also been used in Architecture in surface treatments for ornamentation. So the ornamentation too is integrated with consideration of scale and without losing the order and discipline.

Extensive use of Jali in the Islamic Architecture is there for making building energy efficient not just for ornamentation. Jails are effectively used as shading devices as well for regulating the breeze, in terms of flow, direction and reduction of heat gain using the venture action, responding to the climatic consideration. The application of Jali in Islamic Architecture is the signature to endorse the sensitivity towards nature climate and energy efficiency. The uniqueness of Jali is in it's retention of strong geometrical discipline while serving the functional requirement,