India Perspectives, Volume 11PTI for the Ministry of External Affairs, 1998 - India |
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... Tower - an Facing page - Above : The 200 - ft high ' Gopuram ' of the Thanjavur temple . Below : The 90 - ft skeleton of a whale displayed in the Arsenal Tower of the palace . Sir Feroji - II and Shivaji - II painting on INDIA ...
... Tower - an Facing page - Above : The 200 - ft high ' Gopuram ' of the Thanjavur temple . Below : The 90 - ft skeleton of a whale displayed in the Arsenal Tower of the palace . Sir Feroji - II and Shivaji - II painting on INDIA ...
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... tower can possibly assume . The scope of their utility also witnessed a reasonable expansion . Minars came to be associated with tombs , milestones ( kos minars ) , hunting towers ( shikargahs ) , punishment pillars ( chor minar ) , etc ...
... tower can possibly assume . The scope of their utility also witnessed a reasonable expansion . Minars came to be associated with tombs , milestones ( kos minars ) , hunting towers ( shikargahs ) , punishment pillars ( chor minar ) , etc ...
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... tower . The spikes may have been used to display the rebel heads . The sixteenth century minar gradually narrows as it reaches the top ( now broken ) . Hiran Minar is believed to be Akbar's hunting tower ( shikargah ) . Another ...
... tower . The spikes may have been used to display the rebel heads . The sixteenth century minar gradually narrows as it reaches the top ( now broken ) . Hiran Minar is believed to be Akbar's hunting tower ( shikargah ) . Another ...
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