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Reference (shelfmark):: WD2222(9)
Title:: [Ahmadabad]: Dada Hari's mosque and tomb. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
Scope & Content:: Illustration of Dada Harir's mosque and tomb 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 Muhammad Begada, who was known for developing parts of Asvara in the 16th century. T...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1884-1886
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2222(10)
Title:: [Ahmadabad]: Minar of Shah Aliji's Mosque (left), Two niches in Dada Harir's Well (right). Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
Scope & Content:: Illustration of two niches in Dada Harir's Vav at Asarva in Ahmadabad, Gujarat. The vav, also known as a step-well or baoli, were common features in Gujarat. An inscription within one of the step-well's galleries states this structure was constructed by Bai Sri Harira in 1501, who was a lady belo...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1884-1886
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2222(11)
Title:: [Ahmadabad: Dada Harir's Mosque]. Draughtsman: Pacheco, S.J. (fl. 1875)
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1884-1886
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2222(12)
Title:: Ahmadabad: Tomb at mosque beside Dada Hari's well (left); Pillar in the Kochrab mosque (right). Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1884-1886
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2222(13)
Title:: [Ahmadabad]: Screen of the south face, east end, of Dada Hari's Tomb. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
Scope & Content:: 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 ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1884-1886
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2222(14)
Title:: [Ahmadabad]: Corner small dome in Dada Hari's tomb. Draughtsman: Pacheco, S.J. (fl. 1875)
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1884-1886
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2222(17v-18)
Title:: Adalaj: Large step well near the village. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1884-1886
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2222(19)
Title:: Step well at Isanpur. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
Scope & Content:: 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 ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1884-1886
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD2222(20)
Title:: Ahmadabad: Isanpur (near Ahmadabad): Plan of Jetabhai well. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
Scope & Content:: 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 ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1884-1886
Extent:: 1 item

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