Pre-Mughal (Afghan-Suri): Sasaram, Bihar
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Title: | Pre-Mughal (Afghan-Suri): Sasaram, Bihar |
Author(s): | Frederic, Louis Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham |
Keywords: | Delhi Sultanate;architecture |
Series/Report no.: | Basham Collection |
Description: | Although 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. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/182642 |
Other Identifiers: | ANUA 682-2009 |
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