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... palace hall . The corner rooms are expressed by superimposed niches . The domed central chamber is signalled in tombs by an outer dome , and in garden pavilions and gate buildings by a flat roof , which may be topped by one or more ...
... palace hall . The corner rooms are expressed by superimposed niches . The domed central chamber is signalled in tombs by an outer dome , and in garden pavilions and gate buildings by a flat roof , which may be topped by one or more ...
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... palace garden and main courts followed the riverfront garden design . 199 The fort is here discussed under that aspect . The Mughal fortress palace stands on the site of a Lodi mud- brick fort . Akbar began to rebuild it in 1564 as his ...
... palace garden and main courts followed the riverfront garden design . 199 The fort is here discussed under that aspect . The Mughal fortress palace stands on the site of a Lodi mud- brick fort . Akbar began to rebuild it in 1564 as his ...
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... palace , with two arcaded storeys , is depicted under the name ' Dara Sheko's Palace ' in Florentia Sale's Notebook of 1832-33 . At that time it was also known as Jamna Bagh or Jamna Haveli . 229 A plan of the fort and its immediate ...
... palace , with two arcaded storeys , is depicted under the name ' Dara Sheko's Palace ' in Florentia Sale's Notebook of 1832-33 . At that time it was also known as Jamna Bagh or Jamna Haveli . 229 A plan of the fort and its immediate ...
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