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Page 67
... courtyard of private and public audience with the hall of the Diwan - i Amm [ 81 : 3 ] . The public entrance is now through the southern gate complex , which was originally used by the imperial family . From it a ramp ascends to the ...
... courtyard of private and public audience with the hall of the Diwan - i Amm [ 81 : 3 ] . The public entrance is now through the southern gate complex , which was originally used by the imperial family . From it a ramp ascends to the ...
Page 68
... courtyard enclosed by two - storeyed arcaded wings with Shahjahani columns and multi - cusped arches [ 81 : 6 , 85 , 86 ] . It is now known as Machchhi Bhavan ( Fish House ) , but in Shah Jahan's time it was referred to as the ' ground ...
... courtyard enclosed by two - storeyed arcaded wings with Shahjahani columns and multi - cusped arches [ 81 : 6 , 85 , 86 ] . It is now known as Machchhi Bhavan ( Fish House ) , but in Shah Jahan's time it was referred to as the ' ground ...
Page 116
... courtyard in front of the house ' ) or jilaukhana for short , was an element that had been introduced on a grand scale into Mughal architecture under Shah Jahan . Court etiquette and proper ceremonial behaviour had become increasingly ...
... courtyard in front of the house ' ) or jilaukhana for short , was an element that had been introduced on a grand scale into Mughal architecture under Shah Jahan . Court etiquette and proper ceremonial behaviour had become increasingly ...
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