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Pre-Mughal (Afghan-Suri): Sasaram, Bihar

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dc.contributor.authorFrederic, Louis
dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialIndia--Sasaram--Bihar
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-06T22:56:12Z
dc.date.available2019-11-06T22:56:12Z
dc.date.created1959
dc.date.updated2019-11-06T22:56:12Z
dc.descriptionAlthough this tomb derived from the preceding one, it is remarkable for its dimensions and its proportions. With a height of 150 feet its diameter is 245 feet. It stands on a high square platform in the middle of an articial lake of 460 yards square. Built in Chunnar sand-stone it was painted with bright colours, yellow, blue, black, and its dome with dazzling white. A boat used to connect the tomb with the shore. Its pyramidal aspect gives it a stability which may truly be qualified as grandiose. -- Tomb of Sher Shah Suri (1540) pyramidal.
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediumbook scan
dc.format.mediumMounted transparency
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiff
dc.identifierANUA 682-2009
dc.identifier.otherII-48
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/182642
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBasham Collection
dc.rights.licenseThis item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.
dc.subjectDelhi Sultanate
dc.subjectarchitecture
dc.titlePre-Mughal (Afghan-Suri): Sasaram, Bihar
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesSource: Frederic, L. Indian Temples & Sculpture. Thames & Hudson, London, 1959. illus. 387. p. 416

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