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Mehtar Mahal

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dc.contributor.authorFrederic, Louis
dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialIndia--Bijapur--Karnataka
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-06T23:06:48Z
dc.date.available2019-11-06T23:06:48Z
dc.date.created1959
dc.identifierANUA 682-2135
dc.identifier.otherII-223
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/182763
dc.descriptionThis building is misnamed, for it is the entrance to a little mosque. It presents several architectural novelties: the porch-roof, the brackets and ceilings, which remain unique. This entrance has two storeys & a terrace, decorated with fretted stone parapet. Exterior is bare but ceilings and brackets of balconies are elaborately worked. Two delicate minarets mark this entrance. Porch-roofs are very large and take an important place. Built under Ibrahim Shah II in 1620. The brackets supporting the balconies & porch-roofs are worked like wood & look like flat carved panels. Motifs of decoration are typically Hindu: horses, fantastic beasts, or wild geese.
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediumbook scan
dc.format.mediumMounted transparency
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiff
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBasham Collection
dc.subjectProvincial Sultanates-- Deccan-- Bijapur
dc.subjectarchitecture
dc.subjectarchitectural ornament
dc.titleMehtar Mahal
dc.typeImage
local.description.notesSource: Frederic, L. Indian Temples & Sculpture. Thames & Hudson, London, 1959. illus. 376, p. 406
dc.date.updated2019-11-06T23:06:48Z
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
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.
CollectionsArthur Llewellyn Basham

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