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... tahkhana . Among the rooms here is a hammam or baths , composed of the usual three units : disrobing chamber , hot room , and cold room ; other rooms include a large hall with pools and a waterfall , covered by a bangla vault - a ...
... tahkhana . Among the rooms here is a hammam or baths , composed of the usual three units : disrobing chamber , hot room , and cold room ; other rooms include a large hall with pools and a waterfall , covered by a bangla vault - a ...
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... tahkhana , flanked by two polygonal towers in the riverfront wall . The garden has an extension to the east , towards the Taj Mahal : here the riverfront terrace houses a large tahkhana , of which two rooms are preserved , one of them a ...
... tahkhana , flanked by two polygonal towers in the riverfront wall . The garden has an extension to the east , towards the Taj Mahal : here the riverfront terrace houses a large tahkhana , of which two rooms are preserved , one of them a ...
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Ebba Koch. The Tahkhana The gallery inside the terrace is not mentioned in the official descriptions , but Aurangzeb refers to it in his report of 1652 ( p . 250 ) as tahkhana - i kursi haftadar , ' the terrace tahkhana of seven arches ...
Ebba Koch. The Tahkhana The gallery inside the terrace is not mentioned in the official descriptions , but Aurangzeb refers to it in his report of 1652 ( p . 250 ) as tahkhana - i kursi haftadar , ' the terrace tahkhana of seven arches ...
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Preface | 6 |
Mughal Agra a riverfront garden city | 23 |
The riverfront garden city | 29 |
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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