sir,No body knows who is aryan ,From Egypt to combodia  was the aryan land, aryan tribes existed in egypt,iran ,india , etc, the hindu shahi kings who were the rulersof afghan and iran fought 800 years with the muslim arab men , in the end lost the king dom, got converted to islam 

I call BS on the picture. I've been to many mosques around Iran, but never seen a coloured ceramic statue in any of them. So unless I see a bigger and better picture showing the Peacocks and more of the surrounding building to clearly identify it as a mosque in Iran, I won't believe it. Most probably it's building, and not necessarily a mosque, in India.

Well I certainly agree that there's no need to be rude. But there's no need to be overly sensitive on semantics either. Do you know what calling BS on something means? And your link just points to an image of Sheikh Lotfollah mosque. I don't see how that helps sway the argument one way or the other. Having such prominently positioned painted statues of peacocks in a mosque is highly irregular. Now combine that with a representation of Lord Vishnu, and I think scepticism is fully warranted, until proven otherwise. Is that reasonable?

Mr. Z, please read this:
http://www.allempires.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6512&FID=3&PR=3

Originally posted by TheAlaniDragonRising Originally posted by mr_z Well I certainly agree that there's no need to be rude. But there's no need to be overly sensitive on semantics either. Do you know what calling BS on something means? And your link just points to an image of Sheikh Lotfollah mosque. I don't see how that helps sway the argument one way or the other. Having such prominently positioned painted statues of peacocks in a mosque is highly irregular. Now combine that with a representation of Lord Vishnu, and I think scepticism is fully warranted, until proven otherwise. Is that reasonable? I get the distinct impression that "calling BS" isn't exactly what I was thinking it was, although generally it is also my impression that most people, like me, believe it stands for an offensive term. In this case I will hold back on my apology until you explain the term, and leave a suitable link to a definition. That aside, I was on my mobile when reading your post, and the Wikipedia page gained was different than when on my laptop. Nevertheless on the section Architecture it describes the peacocks.   Here is another Wikipedia link, and you will find a description on the second paragraph. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Lotf_Allah_Mosque#Architectural

Originally posted by mr_z Originally posted by Nick1986 Mr. Z, please read this: http://www.allempires.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6512&FID=3&PR=3 See above post. And if that's not satisfactory to you either, you can take whatever actions you deem necessary, as a moderator. I'm done teaching American English here!

 

This is some sort of the propaganda. This isn't Persian mosque. This is the PArt of an Indian palace It is one of the gates of the courtyard of the Jaipur City palace known as Ridhi Sidhi Pol (Pol - Gate) built in Rajput style of architecture. Rajput Architecture is influenced by the Mughal architecture which in turn was influenced by Persian architecture. Besides Rajput architecture is also famous for beautiful peacok carvings on the wall. And may be that's the reason it looks like Persian Mosque.

Some more photographs of Ridhi Sidhi Pol. I hope they will clear the confusion created by OP.














PS: I can't minimize the images as I used to do in past. Is there any change in the settings?

Edited by Jinit - 01-May-2013 at 17:54