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Photo 978(5)
- Record Id:
- 040-003298865
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003298859
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x000694
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100145174417.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 978(5)
- Title:
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Gaur. Golden Mosque. South View. Photographer: Ravenshaw, John Henry
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Architectural Photography
View looking along the façade of the Bara Sona Mosque (Golden Mosque). 'On some raised ground immediately to the south of Ramkel stands the Baradiwari, or Great Golden Mosque, perhaps the finest memorial of Guar. An arched corridor running along the whole front of the original building is the principal portion now standing. It is faced throughout with large blocks of black hornblende, and measures 180 feet in length by 80 in breadth. There are eleven arches on either side of the corridor, and one at each end of it, from which probably the Mosque has obtained the name of Baradiwari or 'the twelve doored'. These arches are surmounted by eleven domes in fair preservation. Of the rest of the building only the outer wall remains; two of the illustrations [see also print 6] give portions of the inner side of this wall where it joins the corridor at the north and south ends. The central space is covered with broken columns, large stones and masses of masonry overgrown with jungle...' See also George Michell (ed.), 'The Islamic Heritage of Bengal' (UNESCO, 1984, p. 66).
[Woodburytype, 183x236mm].
Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); mosques; printed books; Ravenshaw, J.H., 'Gaur: its ruins and inscriptions' (1878); Woodburytypes
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003298859
040-003298865 - Is part of:
- Photo 978 : Gaur: its ruins and inscriptions. By the late John Henry Ravenshaw, B.C.S. Edited, with considerable additions and alterations, by…
Photo 978(5) : Gaur. Golden Mosque. South View. Photographer: Ravenshaw, John Henry - Hierarchy:
- 032-003298859[0006]/040-003298865
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 978
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100145174417.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1869
- Date Range:
- 1860s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
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