The Great Gate at Futtypore Sikree near Agra. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1263 in the negative. View looking up towards the Buland Darwaza, the gateway of the Jami Masjid at Fatehpur Sikri.
Carved pillars in the Panch Mahal, Futtypore Sikree. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Photograph of the Panch Mahal in Fathepur Sikri, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The palace city of Fatehpur Sikri was built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar (r.1556-1605) from 1571 to 1585. The entire complex is built of locally quarried red sandstone, known as Sikri sandstone. The Panch Mahal ...
Palace at Goverdhun, Rajpootana [Govardhan, Rajasthan]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Photograph of Baldeo Singh's chhatri, Govardhan, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The chhatri is built of sandstone and is situated at the western end of a formal garden or char bagh adjacent to a tank or reservoir.
General view of the city, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Photograph of the courtyard of the Jami Masjid, Delhi, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The Jami Masjid was the principal mosque of Shah Jahan's new capital city Shahjahanabad. The largest mosque in India. It took six years to build and functioned as a congregational mosque which could hold ...
The Jumma Musjid, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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A distant view of the Jami Masjid, Delhi, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The Jami Masjid was the principal mosque of Shah Jahan's new capital city Shahjahanabad. The mosque is built of red sandstone with white marble. The main building is topped by three onion-shaped domes of white marble ...
The Kootub Minar, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Photograph of the Qutb Minar, Delhi, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.The Qutb Minar is a tower of victory, part of a complex containing some of the earliest structures of Muslim rule in India. It was begun by Qutb-ud-Din Aibak (r.1206-1210), the first Sultan of Delhi and founder of the Slave...