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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 112
A Riverfront terrace B Garden C Jilaukhana (forecourt) zone D Bazaar and
caravanserai complex E Waterworks 1 Mausoleum 2 Mosque 3 MihmanKhana (
literally 'guest house'; presumably used as assembly hall) 4a-f Wall towers c baoli
...
A Riverfront terrace B Garden C Jilaukhana (forecourt) zone D Bazaar and
caravanserai complex E Waterworks 1 Mausoleum 2 Mosque 3 MihmanKhana (
literally 'guest house'; presumably used as assembly hall) 4a-f Wall towers c baoli
...
Page 201
The bazaar and caravanserai complex (Taj Ganj) Having walked through the
complex from south to north as the modern visitor does, from the Jilaukhana zone
to the riverfront terrace, we must now go back to the area south of the Jilaukhana,
...
The bazaar and caravanserai complex (Taj Ganj) Having walked through the
complex from south to north as the modern visitor does, from the Jilaukhana zone
to the riverfront terrace, we must now go back to the area south of the Jilaukhana,
...
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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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