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Pushkar
Pushkar - 2008:
Pushkar, fra en annen vinkel - 1829:
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Pushkar, fra en annen vinkel - 1829:
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Engraving of the lake of Pushkar in Rajasthan, by Edward Francis Finden (1791-1857) and Patrick Young Waugh (1788-1829). Plate 19 of James Tod's 'Annals and antiquities of Rajasth'an or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India' published in London in 1829.
In 1818 Mewar and other princely states signed a treaty with the British and Colonel James Tod became the first Political Agent to the Western Rajput States. Along with his official duties, Tod became very interested in the genealogies of the Rajput Kingdoms as well as the art they produced. Pushkar is a small town near Ajmer built around a sacred lake of the same name. The lake is surrounded by stone steps leading to bathing ghats and shrines. The holiest temple in the town dates to the 17th century and is dedicated to Brahma. As one of the few Brahma temples in the world, it is believed that he personally chose the site at Pushkar.
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In 1818 Mewar and other princely states signed a treaty with the British and Colonel James Tod became the first Political Agent to the Western Rajput States. Along with his official duties, Tod became very interested in the genealogies of the Rajput Kingdoms as well as the art they produced. Pushkar is a small town near Ajmer built around a sacred lake of the same name. The lake is surrounded by stone steps leading to bathing ghats and shrines. The holiest temple in the town dates to the 17th century and is dedicated to Brahma. As one of the few Brahma temples in the world, it is believed that he personally chose the site at Pushkar.
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Jodhpur
Jodhpur - 2008:
Jodhpur fra en annen vinkel- 1899?:
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Hampi
Hampi - 2004:
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Hampi - 1885:
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Photograph of a street in Hampi, looking towards the Virupaksha Temple, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections, c.1880. Hampi is the site of the ancient city of Vijayanagara. Vijayanagara (city of Victory) the capital of the Vijayanagara empire was founded in 1336 and was the most powerful Hindu kingdom in Southern India until the defeat by the Muslim armies in 1565. The Virupaksha temple is situated in the centre of Hampi and dates back to the first half of the 15th century. It is set between four gopuras, tall pyramidal towers. This view shows the eastern gopura, the principal entrance to the complex. It has nine receding storeys decorated with sculptures of divinities.
Safdarjangs Tomb
Safdarjangs Tomb - 2005:
Safdarjangs Tomb - 1841:
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This is plate 9 from HH Wilson's 'The Oriental Portfolio'. Safdar Jang was the title of the nobleman Abul Mansur Khan, who was prime minister under Mughal Emperor Ahmad Shah circa 1748-54. He died in Mehdi Ghat in 1754.
The large mausoleum shown was built by his son and stands in a walled complex at the end of a road leading to Humayun’s tomb in Delhi. Wilson writes: "The building is a chaste and symmetrical edifice, constructed of blocks of red sandstone very carefully adjusted and relieved by mouldings of white marble: it is surmounted by a dome of the same material. The body of the building contains a high vaulted apartment in the centre, and the smaller one in each of the angle ... In the centre of the principal chamber stands a sarcophagus, an oblong block of fine white marble delicately sculptured, and inlaid with mosaic of coloured stones. The tomb is situated in a garden enclosed by a high wall."
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The large mausoleum shown was built by his son and stands in a walled complex at the end of a road leading to Humayun’s tomb in Delhi. Wilson writes: "The building is a chaste and symmetrical edifice, constructed of blocks of red sandstone very carefully adjusted and relieved by mouldings of white marble: it is surmounted by a dome of the same material. The body of the building contains a high vaulted apartment in the centre, and the smaller one in each of the angle ... In the centre of the principal chamber stands a sarcophagus, an oblong block of fine white marble delicately sculptured, and inlaid with mosaic of coloured stones. The tomb is situated in a garden enclosed by a high wall."
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Hamayuns Tomb
Hamayuns Tomb i 2005:
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Hamayuns Tomb - 1820:
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Hamayuns Tomb - 1820:
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Watercolour of the Mausoleum of Humayun and its compound in Delhi, by an anonymous artist working in the Agra style, c. 1820-1822. Inscribed on the front in English: 'Tomb of Hoomauyoon Bad Shah';' Tomb of Koaka'; in Persian characters: 'Maqbarah i Kokah - Maqbarah i Humayun badshah i ghazi' (Tomb of Kokah - tomb of the Emperor Humayun).
The tomb of Emperor Humayun, built in 1565, was commissioned by his wife Haji Begum. It was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent and is architecturally important because its plan and form were precursors to those of the Taj Mahal. The mausoleum, built of red sandstone trimmed with marble, sits on a high plinth and is crowned by an imposing white marble dome. This drawing is one of the first by a Delhi artist to depict a landscape; trees, bushes and figures have been added in the foreground.
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The tomb of Emperor Humayun, built in 1565, was commissioned by his wife Haji Begum. It was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent and is architecturally important because its plan and form were precursors to those of the Taj Mahal. The mausoleum, built of red sandstone trimmed with marble, sits on a high plinth and is crowned by an imposing white marble dome. This drawing is one of the first by a Delhi artist to depict a landscape; trees, bushes and figures have been added in the foreground.
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Shimla
Shimla - 2005:
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Shimla - 1882:
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Photograph by an unknown photographer, part of the Dunlop Smith Collection: Sir Charles Aitchison Album of Views in India and Burma. Simla, now the capital of the state of Himachal Pradesh, is a hill-station at 7000 ft in the Himalayan foothills, developed by the British after 1816 as a summer retreat and sanatorium. The Governor-General moved here during the hot summer months and it was known as the summer capital of the British in India. The Punjab government also spent the summer here. Barnes Court, here photographed from the garden, was from 1879 the residence at Simla of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab. Three of Sir Charles Aitchison's children and a servant stand on the lawn in the foreground. The building, resembling an English country house; half-timbered and set in spacious grounds, had originally been the official residence of the Commander-in-Chief in India from 1849 to 1865 and was named after General Sir Edward Barnes. It featured a ballroom in the Moorish style added by John Lockwood Kipling, Principal of the Mayo School of Art in Lahore (and father of Rudyard Kipling). It is now the Raj Bhavan or official residence of the Governor of Himachal Pradesh.
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Bundi Palace
Bundi Palace i 2008 sett frå Taragarh Fort:
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Bundi Palace i 1847, sett frå ein annan vinkel, Sadar Bazaar:
This is plate 16 from James Fergusson's 'Ancient Architecture in Hindoostan'. Built on a steep hillside of the Vindhya range, the town of Bundi was the capital of a Rajput state until it succumbed to the Mughals in 1658. In Fergusson's sketch, the street of the principal bazaar is in the foreground, leading to the gate of Bundi Palace. He thought the street "one of the most picturesque streets of Malwa, and some of it of antiquity". He did not see the interior of the palace, but he thought the exterior a "combination of forms ... as pleasing a piece of architectural scenery as I have seen anywhere even in India, where such effects are common." The different buildings of the palace were built between the 16th and 17th centuries, examples of fine Rajput-style architecture. Bundi was a centre of Rajput painting, and the palace's Chatar Mahal and Chitra Shali are decorated with traditional murals.
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