Spiral ceiling from the Rajapur Mosque, Ahmadabad. Artist(s): Pacheco, S.J. (fl. 1875).
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Illustration of a spiral ceiling panel from the Rajapur Mosque at Ahmadabad, in Gujarat from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Muhammadan Architecture of Ahmadabad.' The mosque of the wife of Sayyad Budha bin Sayyad Yaqut was constructed in 1454 and is one of the larger mosques in the villag...
Illustration of the front elevation and plan of Rani Sipri's mosque and tomb at Ahmadabad, in Gujarat from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Muhammadan Architecture of Ahmadabad.' The Rani Sipri mosque, built in 1514, is located in the south-eastern part of Ahmadabad near the Astodiya gate a...
Queen's mosque Sarangpur north minar (left), Sarangpur, Queen's mosque in south end (right). Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Pen-and-ink drawing of details of the Queen's mosque at Ahmadabad, Gujarat, by an anonymous draughtsman between 1884 and 1886. This image is from the Burgess collection, an album of 49 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, sculpture and architectural details of Muslim monuments in Ahmadabad an...
Ahmedabad: Bay of ceiling over central mehrab in Queen's mosque in Mirzapur. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Pen-and-ink drawing of a bay of ceiling over the central mihrab in the Queen's Mosque in Mirzapur, 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 sites ...
General Plan of the Caves of Ajanta. Surveyor : Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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f.4v-5. Illustration of the general plan of the caves at Ajanta in Maharashtra, from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings from the Buddhist Rock Temples at Ajanta.'
Ajanta: Frieze over the front of Cave I. Surveyor : Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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f.9. Illustration of a frieze over the front of Cave I at Ajanta in Maharashtra, from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings from the Buddhist Rock Temples at Ajanta.' The Buddhist cave temples of Ajanta were excavated into a horse-shoe shaped cliff overlooking the Waghora River in the 2nd ? 1st centu...
Ajanta: Frieze over the front of Cave I. Surveyor : Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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f.10. Illustration of a frieze over the front of Cave I at Ajanta in Maharashtra, from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings from the Buddhist Rock Temples at Ajanta.' The Buddhist cave temples of Ajanta were excavated into a horse-shoe shaped cliff overlooking the Waghora River in the 2nd ? 1st cent...
Ajanta: Cave I. Pillar A on Plan. Surveyor : Cousens, Henry (1854-193?)
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f.13. Illustration of a pillar at Cave I at Ajanta in Maharashtra, from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings from the Buddhist Rock Temples at Ajanta.' The Buddhist cave temples of Ajanta were excavated into a horse-shoe shaped cliff overlooking the Waghora River in the 2nd ? 1st century BC and late...