Close view of carved square pillar from ruins of Gupta temple, Bilsar, Itah District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography Reproduced as a lithograph in A. Cunningham, 'Report of tours in the Gangetic provinces from Badaon to Bihar, in 1875-76 and 1877-78' (A.S.I. vol. XI, Calcutta, 1880), pl. vi.
General view of the Chaurasi Gumbaz, Kalpi, Jalaun District. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
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Genre: Architectural Photography The tomb known as the Chaurasi Gumbaz, or 'Eighty-four Domes', is said to be the tomb of Lodi Shah Badshah. A. Führer, 'The Monumental Antiquities and Inscriptions in the North-Western Provinces and Oudh' (Allahabad, 1891), p. 113: 'The only remarkable building....
General view of the Chaurasi Gumbaz, Kalpi, Jalaun District. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
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Genre: Architectural Photography A more oblique view than print 698, looking along the façade and with a portion of the building out of frame. The view appears to have been framed in this way in order to include the small, single-domed tomb standing at the extreme left of the print.
View of the main façade of the Atala Mosque, Jaunpur. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography Oblique view looking north-west across the court, towards the mosque, dominated by the massive iwan or propylon in front of the dome. See A. Führer and E. W. Smith, 'The Sharqi architecture of Jaunpur' (Calcutta, 1889), chapter IV, for detailed descriptions.
Main façade of the Jami Masjid, Jaunpur. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from the south-east looking across the court towards the central portion of the façade, with the dome of the prayer hall partly visible behind the propylon.
Exterior view of the west side of the Jami Masjid, Jaunpur. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from the south-west corner, looking obliquely along the exterior wall. The view, taken from close to the wall and looking up, emphasises the massiveness of the façade. An almost identical view appears in A. Führer and E. W. Smith, 'The Sharqi architecture o...