Moghul Colour Decoration Of Agra Vol 1

Download or read book Moghul Colour Decoration of Agra, Vol. 1 written by Edmund W. Smith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Moghul Colour Decoration of Agra, Vol. 1: Described and Illustrated Below the building is a crypt the walls of which were at one time coated with glazed tiles. The edifice is built of brick and the whole of the exterior is faced with glazed tiles commonly called china, worked up into numerous patterns. It is from this circumstance that it derives its name chini-ka-rauza, or the tomb (coated) with china. Of its kind the mausoleum is unique, being about the only building in Northern India entirely ornamented exteriorly with enamelled tiles. The greater part of the south facade has fallen disclosing the fact that the half domes over the vestibules in the centre of the facades leading into the cenotaph chamber are constructed, like many of the ancient dome buildings in Egypt and Rome, of large earthen pots embedded in concrete. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.