Contents: Preface: Sculpting with Light. 1. Introduction. 2. Temple Jali Traditions. 3. Sacred Symbols: Jalis of the Gujarat Sultanate. 4. Celestial Geometry: Jalis of the Northern and Central Sultanates 5. Divine Order: Early Mughal Visions. 6. The Flower Philosophy of Shah Jahan Expressed in the Art of the Jali. 7. Heavenly Gardens: The Imperial Mughal Style. 8. Fantasy and Formality: The Deccan Jali. 9. Jali Mania: From Rajputs to the Raj. 10. The Jali Tradition: Master Craftsmanship and Patronage. 11. Jali in the Modern Age. Epilogue. Index. Bibliography. Photo Credits. Acknowledgements. About the Author: Navina Najat Haidar is a curator in the Department of Islamic Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. She helped lead the planning of the museum’s galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia. Haidar is co-author of Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Sultans of the South: Arts of India’s Deccan Courts, 1323–1687 (both 2011).