Enfilade of cusped arches in the Bibi-ka-Maqbara, Aurangabad. Photographer: Nepean, Henry Mack
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Genre: Architectural Photography Similar to print 2672, but showing more of verandah and arches. India Museum no. 745. Received from Government of India, Financial Department, (dated 9 June 1871), 9 October 1871, forwarded at the request of Sir Salar Jung.
General view of the Bibi-ka-Maqbara, Aurangabad. Photographer: Nepean, Henry Mack
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Genre: Architectural Photography With wall and moat in the forground. India Museum no. 746. Received from Government of India, Financial Department, (dated 9 June 1871), 9 October 1871, forwarded at the request of Sir Salar Jung.
Tomb and mosque of Panch Pir, Sonargaon. Photographer: Brennand, W.
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards domed mosque, with ruins of brick structure in foreground. Described in Alexander Cunningham, 'Report of a tour in Bengal and Bihar in 1879-80' (ASI vol XV, Calcutta, 1882), p. 139: 'These are five small brick tombs arranged in one line on a...
Ruins of the Tomb of Ghias-ud-din Azam Shah, Sonargaon. Photographer: Brennand, W.
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Genre: Architectural Photography Showing a heap of finely carved stones. This print is reproduced as a lithograph in J. Wise, 'Notes on Sunargaon, Eastern Bengal' (Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. XLIII, part I, Calcutta, 1874), plate VIII: 'This tomb has fallen to pieces. The iro...
Shamsher Khan's Tomb, Shamshernagar. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the domed tomb. 'About eight miles lower down the Soane from Dooadnugger there is a considerable village called Shamsheernugger, founded and named after a nephew of Dooad Khan, Shumsher Khan, and a very pleasing structure was built by him as his ...
Distant view of two tombs to the north of the Shiva Temple, Konch. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards two tombs with the Shiva Temple on the horizon. With a herd of cows sheltering beneath the trees in the foreground and the village off to the left. 'To the north of the temple there are two centotaphs over the remains of former mahunts, but ...
General view from the north of Sher Shah Suri's Tomb, Sasaram. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Architectural Photography Similar to print 2873, but a more distant view, giving a fuller view of the tank in which the tomb stands. India Museum no. 1092.