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"Mosaic is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It is a technique of decorative or interior decoration. Most mosaics are made of small, flat, roughly square, pieces of stone or glass of different colors, known as tesserae; but mosaics, especially floor mosaics, may also be made of small rounded pieces of stone, and called ""pebble mosaics"". Mosaic Art: The mosaic and inlay decoration too were profusely used in the Mughal buildings. In the time of Akbar, the mosaics were made from small tesserae which were combined in Persian geometrical patterns. But in Jahangir's reign pietra-dura began to be utilized for inlay work. The earliest example of the use of pietra-dura inlay seems to have been made in celebrated Jag Mandir water-palace in the Pichola Lake at Udaipur and the Itmad-ud-daulah's tomb at Agra. In the time of Shah Jahan pietra-dura superseded the older mosaic ornamentation. Many of Shah Jahan's buildings in the forts of Delhi and Agra were decorated with pietra-dura inlay. Jahangir's tomb at Shandara, the Sheesh Mahal in Lahore and the Taj Mahal at Agra are fine examples of the beautiful ornamentation of the pietra-dura art."

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Mr. Mohammed Ali was born in a very respectable Muslim family of Barisal town, Bangladesh. He has completed his B.A.Honors degree in History [1967] from Dhaka University, Bangladesh and Master degree in History [1968].His main subjects in History were History/archaeology/Architecture. He joined in the government service Department of Archaeology, Ministry of Culture, Pakistan.After the liberation of Bangladesh he joined in Bangladesh and started Rebuilding the department of Archaeology and Museums. Mohammed Ali has worked in the various categories of the Archaeology Department. He represented Bangladesh Government in various Asian and European countries and presented very resourceful Papers on Archaeology, Architecture, and Cultural subjects. He has visited as a Trainee, Resource persons, Presenter in the countries: GERMANY, FRANCE, JAPAN, NEPAL, TAIWAN, INDIA, PAKISTAN, SOUTH KOREA, RUSSIA. Mr. Mohammed Ali has written many books and research articles. So far 32 of his Research articles have been published. NOW AN IMMIGRANT TO USA. VIEW MY BLOG=http: //archaeologist-bd.blog

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