Illustration of Dada Harir's mosque at Asvara near Ahmadabad, Gujarat. The mosque and tomb of Dada Harir were constructed either for or by Bai Sri Harira in 1501, who was a lady belonging to the court of Mahmud Begarha, who was known for developing parts of Asvara in the 16th century. The archite...
Ahmadabad: Tomb at mosque beside Dada Hari's well (left); Pillar in the Kochrab mosque (right). Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Pen-and-ink drawing of a tomb and mosque beside Dada Harir's well and a pillar in the Kochrab mosque at Ahmadabad by James Burgess (1832-1916) between 1884 and 1886. This image is from an album of 47 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, sculpture and architectural details from monuments and s...
[Ahmadabad]: Screen of the south face, east end, of Dada Hari's Tomb. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Illustration of the screen of the south face, east end, of Dada Harir's Tomb at Ahmadabad in Gujarat. The tomb stands to the north-east of Dada Harir's mosque, on a low platform or base. A verandah of twenty pillars surrounds the central domed area. Most of the pillars are richly carved on their ...
[Ahmadabad]: Corner small dome in Dada Hari's tomb. Draughtsman: Pacheco, S.J. (fl. 1875)
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Illustration of a corner dome from Dada Harir's Tomb at Ahmadabad in Gujarat. The tomb stands to the north-east of Dada Harir's mosque, on a low platform or base. A verandah of twenty pillars surrounds the central domed area. Most of the pillars are richly carved on their base and capitals with o...
Step well at Isanpur. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Illustration of Jethabhai Mulji's Step-well at Isanpur in Ahmadabad in Gujarat. James Burgess writing in 1905 in the Archaeological Survey of Western India, VIII, states "two and a half miles south of Ahmadabad, near Isanpur...[is] perhaps one of the most modern examples of the regular wav [step ...
Ahmadabad: Isanpur (near Ahmadabad): Plan of Jetabhai well. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Illustration of Jethabhai Mulji's Step-well at Isanpur in Ahmadabad in Gujarat. James Burgess writing in 1905 in the Archaeological Survey of Western India, VIII, states "two and a half miles south of Ahmadabad, near Isanpur...[is] perhaps one of the most modern examples of the regular wav [step ...
Ahmedabad: Inner front door to tomb of Shah Alam. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Illustration of inner front door to Shah Alam's Tomb at Ahmadabad in Gujarat. Shah Alam's tomb was built in 1485 by Taj Khan Nariali, a noble in the court of Sultan Mahmud Begarda (r.1459-1511). The tomb, or dargah, is one of a complex of buildings, including a mosque and the Jamaat Khana, or Aud...
