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... rooms comprise seven larger chambers extended by niches on each side , alternating with six square rooms ; at each end is a group of two octagonal rooms linked by short corridors to a rectangular chamber between them . The outer ...
... rooms comprise seven larger chambers extended by niches on each side , alternating with six square rooms ; at each end is a group of two octagonal rooms linked by short corridors to a rectangular chamber between them . The outer ...
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... rooms are not accessible to visitors . Cruciform rooms are set on the cardinal axes and octagonal ones on the diagonal axes . Each cruciform room [ 248 ] consists of a square chamber ( khana - i murabba ' ) extended by four arms ...
... rooms are not accessible to visitors . Cruciform rooms are set on the cardinal axes and octagonal ones on the diagonal axes . Each cruciform room [ 248 ] consists of a square chamber ( khana - i murabba ' ) extended by four arms ...
Page 176
... rooms are more simply decorated than the tomb chamber , and the octagonal rooms [ 250 , 251 ] are given less attention than the cruciform ones [ 248 , 249 ] . Marble is used only for the floors , for the dados , as lining of the arches ...
... rooms are more simply decorated than the tomb chamber , and the octagonal rooms [ 250 , 251 ] are given less attention than the cruciform ones [ 248 , 249 ] . Marble is used only for the floors , for the dados , as lining of the arches ...
Contents
Preface | 6 |
Mughal Agra a riverfront garden city | 23 |
The riverfront garden city | 29 |
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