The ancient and medieval architecture of India : a study of Indo-Aryan civilisation (1915)
Havell, E. B. (Ernest Binfield), 1861-1934 · London : J. Murray · leaf 61
the planning of the Taj gardens (fig. 6) with these ancient Indian village plans will make it clear that when Babar began to lay out his fourfold field-plot at Agra he was not, as he evidently thought (and as Anglo-Indians of the present day believe), bringing fresh ideas to revive the parched- up… … Fic. 6.—Plan of the Taj Gardens. tain, Meru, the pivot | of the universe, of which the Indian Vishnu shrine is the symbol. For untold centuries before the Prophet of Mecca was born it had been the high place upon which the Indian village council tree was planted. One may even admit the possibility…
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