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... corners sometimes marked by towers but also sometimes chamfered so as to form an irregular octagon , termed musamman baghdadi by the Mughals ( the significance of this term , ' Baghdadi octagon ' , has not been established ) . The hasht ...
... corners sometimes marked by towers but also sometimes chamfered so as to form an irregular octagon , termed musamman baghdadi by the Mughals ( the significance of this term , ' Baghdadi octagon ' , has not been established ) . The hasht ...
Page 155
... corner rooms are moved in beyond the line of the backs of the pishtaq halls they are able to function as corners of a square ambulatory , which is inserted by means of short corridors around the central domed hall . On the cross axes ...
... corner rooms are moved in beyond the line of the backs of the pishtaq halls they are able to function as corners of a square ambulatory , which is inserted by means of short corridors around the central domed hall . On the cross axes ...
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... corners , at the crossing of the streets , were chamfered and pierced by a large gate [ 314-317 ] . Each had four wings around an open square , the two northern ones with chamfered corners forming an irregular octagon , or musamman ...
... corners , at the crossing of the streets , were chamfered and pierced by a large gate [ 314-317 ] . Each had four wings around an open square , the two northern ones with chamfered corners forming an irregular octagon , or musamman ...
Contents
Preface | 6 |
Mughal Agra a riverfront garden city | 23 |
The riverfront garden city | 29 |
Copyright | |
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Agra appears arches architecture artist Bagh bazaar became Begley and Desai British building built called caravanserai cenotaph central centre century chamber complex construction corner court decoration Delhi detail dome drawing early east elements emperor entire expressed facing flanked floor flowers four garden gate give given hall historians imperial India inlaid inscriptions Islamic Jahangir Jilaukhana Kanbo Khan known Koch Lahauri later leading marble mausoleum Mihman Khana monument mosque Mughal Mumtaz Mahal Muslim niches octagonal opposite original ornament painted palace pattern pavilion Persian Photograph taken pishtaq plant platform present preserved Prince river riverfront roof rooms sandstone seen Shah Jahan shows side square stone structure surrounded Taj Mahal terrace tomb towers trans trees upper vaults verandah visited wall white marble