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Photo 1003(698)
- Record Id:
- 040-003137157
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003136414
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026192714.0x0002e7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147942824.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1003(698)
- Title:
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General view of the Chaurasi Gumbaz, Kalpi, Jalaun District. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
- Scope & Content:
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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...is the Chaurasi Gumbaz. It is said to be the tomb of Lodi Shah Badshah...The Chaurasi Gumbaz is built of blocks of kankar laid in lime and mortar. All the ornamentation is in stucco with flowered borders and bands. Altogether the style corresponds very closely with that of the Lodi period, and the people may be right in attributing it to a Lodi prince. The building itself is only remarkable for its size, being 125 feet square outside and some 80 feet high, - seven narrow arched openings, divided by thick square piers....No one can explain why the tomb is called Chaurasi Gumbaz, or 'eighty-four domes.' There are only 40 intersecting spaces in the roof after deducting intersections in the middle, which are covered by the main dome. These, with the four corner turrets and the great dome, make only 45 possible domes, so that the name of Chaurasi Gumbaz is decidedly incorrect. The original name may have been Chalisi Gumbaz, or the 'forty domes', which would have been strictly correct, as well as in accordance with a favourable Hindu number.'
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003136414
040-003137157 - Is part of:
- Photo 1003 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Indian Museum Series (Duplicates)
Photo 1003(698) : General view of the Chaurasi Gumbaz, Kalpi, Jalaun District. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William - Hierarchy:
- 032-003136414[0742]/040-003137157
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1003
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147942824.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1890
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1890s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 188 mm x 238 mm
Format: Loose
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)