India Perspectives, Volume 11PTI for the Ministry of External Affairs, 1998 - India |
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... Minars came to be associated with tombs , milestones ( kos minars ) , hunting towers ( shikargahs ) , punishment pillars ( chor minar ) , etc. Though the minar originated in the Arab world , the grandest of them all was however destined ...
... Minars came to be associated with tombs , milestones ( kos minars ) , hunting towers ( shikargahs ) , punishment pillars ( chor minar ) , etc. Though the minar originated in the Arab world , the grandest of them all was however destined ...
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... minars are to be seen on the eastern frontier of medieval India . A late thirteenth century minar at Chota Pandua in Bengal is a curious five - storeyed minar that soars to 125 feet and tapers gradually from bottom to top like the ...
... minars are to be seen on the eastern frontier of medieval India . A late thirteenth century minar at Chota Pandua in Bengal is a curious five - storeyed minar that soars to 125 feet and tapers gradually from bottom to top like the ...
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... minars . are studded with elephant tusk- like projection giving rise to various stories . Neem Serai Minar ... minars at the corners of Jami Masjid in Delhi are one of the most illustrative Mughal minars . The builders of the Taj Mahal ...
... minars . are studded with elephant tusk- like projection giving rise to various stories . Neem Serai Minar ... minars at the corners of Jami Masjid in Delhi are one of the most illustrative Mughal minars . The builders of the Taj Mahal ...
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