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WD2219(68)
- Record Id:
- 041-003905791
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003280691
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122168769.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100162038714.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD2219(68)
- Title:
- [Mehmadabad: Bhamaria well]. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
- Scope & Content:
- Folio 68. Cross section illustration of the Bhamaria well from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Muhammadan Architecture in Gujarat.' The Bhamaria step-well, located at Memudabad in Gujarat, was constructed in the fifteenth century in the period of Sultan Mahmud Begada (r.1459-1511). The step-well consists of an octagonal shaft, of 14 feet across, from where water could be drawn. ?On all four sides op the opening there were circular rooms?those east and west of 10 feet 8 inches diameter inside, and the other two of them had, in the openings, the troughs referred to. Outside, on the platform four stairs descended to a lower storey, in which were eight rooms round the shaft: those in the corners 8 feet square; two, east and west of the shaft each 12 feet 4 inches by 7 feet; and the other two 14 feet 7 inches by 7 feet 6 inches. These last four are each crossed by two Saracenic arches, and each has a neat balcony window into the shaft of the well.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003280691
040-003905734
041-003905791 - Is part of:
- WD2210-1565 : BURGESS COLLECTION James Burgess (1832-1916): in India 1855-89. Archaeological Surveyor and Reporter for Western India 1874-80, with…
WD2219 : Album of 57 drawings of 14th and 15th century Muslim architecture at Broach, Cambay, Dholka, Champanir and Mehmdabad c.1884-1885.…
WD2219(68) : [Mehmadabad: Bhamaria well]. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003280691[0107]/040-003905734[0057]/041-003905791
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WD2210-1565
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100162038714.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Styles:
- Western India/Bombay style
Western Indian style - Start Date:
- 1884
- End Date:
- 1885
- Date Range:
- 1884-1885
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Pen and ink on paper
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
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