Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909, Frothingham, Arthur Lincoln, 1859-1923 · New York, The Baker & Taylor Company · leaf 307
I] MOSLEM INDIA 253 engraving, and it is better in this case to give in Fig. 228 one of the outlying pavilions, the principal gateway of entrance to the grounds which enclose the famous mausoleum itself. The forms are not very unusual. What we found in other mosques and tombs of the period is found… … -Gateway building leading to the grounds of the Taj Mahal, at Agra. (From photo.) !2S- many coloured stones. The patterns are skilfully and well distributed, though with a certain inadequacy, a certain thinness of design, as com- pared with fine Persian floral work seen in painted tiles, for which…
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