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cAbd-uI-Hamid Lahauri, Padshahnama, 1630s-54' The grandiose structure of the
Taj Mahal is not just a mausoleum set in a garden, marking the culmination of
Mughal funerary architecture: it was designed as part of a large complex with ...
cAbd-uI-Hamid Lahauri, Padshahnama, 1630s-54' The grandiose structure of the
Taj Mahal is not just a mausoleum set in a garden, marking the culmination of
Mughal funerary architecture: it was designed as part of a large complex with ...
Page 109
The bazaar and caravanserai complex is also planned on a module of 17 gaz.
Evidence comes essentially from the remnants of the gates to the four
caravanserais, the southernmost gate of the entire complex ('Dakhnay '), and
fragments of ...
The bazaar and caravanserai complex is also planned on a module of 17 gaz.
Evidence comes essentially from the remnants of the gates to the four
caravanserais, the southernmost gate of the entire complex ('Dakhnay '), and
fragments of ...
Page 209
Buildings outside the wall Three structures are situated outside the large
rectangle of the Taj Mahal complex [146] : to the east is a tomb garden with an
integrated mosque [324, 325] , and to the west a tomb and a mosque [326-332] .
Like the ...
Buildings outside the wall Three structures are situated outside the large
rectangle of the Taj Mahal complex [146] : to the east is a tomb garden with an
integrated mosque [324, 325] , and to the west a tomb and a mosque [326-332] .
Like the ...
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Contents
Preface | 6 |
Mughal Agra a riverfront garden city | 23 |
The riverfront garden city | 29 |
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| Title | The complete Taj Mahal and the riverfront gardens of Agra |
| Author | Ebba Koch |
| Illustrated by | Richard André Barraud |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Bookwise (India) Pvt. Ltd., 2006 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 24 May 2010 |
| Length | 288 pages |
| Subjects | › Agra (India) Architecture / General Gardens, Mogul Taj Mahal (Agra, India) |
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