Mandu: Women's Palace, Bathing pool

Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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Mandu: Women's Palace, Bathing pool

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dc.contributor.author	Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatial	India--Mandu--Madhya Pradesh
dc.date.accessioned	2019-11-06T22:58:06Z
dc.date.available	2019-11-06T22:58:06Z
dc.date.created	circa 1970s
dc.identifier	ANUA 682-2032
dc.identifier.other	II-82
dc.identifier.other	4
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1885/182665
dc.description	A common feature of palaces and many larger private residences are the extensive gardens and pools located in central courtyards at the interior of the compound. Gardens containing pools were generally rectangular in plan with one or more channels emanating from a main pool. As we can see by the sturdy walls surrounding the garden, the Moslem practice of fortifying towns was extended to even the private residence. This also follows the custom of keeping the women's quarters strictly secluded from the men's. In the elegant shape of the pool we notice a masterful and creative use of various geometric shapes. Stairs and benches line the rim of the pool for easy access, and even these are carefully laid down in pre-planned designs. Note, for example, the tiny access gate at the foot of the stairs to the middle right of the slide: the same ogival motif has been incorporated as it would normally be applied to doors and gateways as well as windows.
dc.format.extent	35mm
dc.format.medium	slide set
dc.format.medium	Mounted transparency
dc.format.medium	b&w
dc.format.medium	sepia
dc.format.mimetype	image/tiff
dc.language.iso	en_AU
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Basham Collection
dc.subject	Provincial Sultanates-- Malwa-- Mandu
dc.subject	architecture
dc.title	Mandu: Women's Palace, Bathing pool
dc.type	Image
dc.date.updated	2019-11-06T22:58:06Z
dc.provenance	Digitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.rights.license	This item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.
Collections	Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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