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Taj Mahal: Great Gate

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Authors

Budek, Herbert E.
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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Shows Mihrab. They are generally of type shown here, i.e. orgive or pointed arch. And are sacred shapes which when used in mosques sanctify the light or persons passing through the opening. In this instance the Mihrab is the so-called "prayer niche", which is actually a false door pointing the direction to Mecca. Mihrab source reaches back to 2nd century A.D. sources in Near East.

Keywords

Mughal Architecture-- Agra-- Taj Mahal, Agra, architecture

Citation

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/183213

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Basham Photographs

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Image

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Basham Collection

Date created

circa 1970s

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This item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.

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