General view of the Arhai Kangura Mosque, Varanasi. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography North-West Provinces list, p. 207: '...A handsome structure and one of the finest masjids in the whole city...the masjid is a mixture of three styles, namely Bauddha, Hindu, and Musalman. The first edifice was most probably a vihara with one or more temples atta...
Ruins of a barakhambha or twelve-pillared hall, Rath, Hamirpur District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of building, partly obscured by trees. J.D. Beglar, 'Report of a tour in Bundelkhand and Malwa, 1871-72; and in the Central Provinces, 1873-74' (A.S.I. vol. VII, Calcutta, 1878), p. 22: 'Raat contains two ancient-looking Barakhambas or twelve-pillar...
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.