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Annual Report of the Archaeological Survey of India 1917-18

1920

The pavilion in the west wall in the centre of the first terrace was put into needed repair and the bulged wall of the stair of the little Hammam in the east wall of the middle terrace was rebuilt. [...] The repair of certain of the Baradaries and the causways of the middle terrace about the central tank was necessitated through damage caused by the felling of the mango trees preliminary to the layout of this terrace as a rose-garden. [...] In the Delhi Fort some minor alterations in the design of the stone water-channels and the causeway in the Hayat Bakhsh garden were carried but to permit of their being' more easily crossed by visitors while in the Diwan-i-Khas the repair of a fractured panel of the inlaid dado of one of the piers was taken in hand. [...] The conservation work carried out at the Kangra Fort consisted of repairs to the arch of the main gateway and the walls adjoining it and the construction of a dry stone paved path from the main gateway of the Fort to the temple inside it and of a stone pavement in front of the main gateway. [...] Attention was also given to the tombs themselves and to the floor of the mausoleum and the flooring of the outside platform was renewed while the side walls and the steps of the same were also repaired where necessary.
anthropology archaeology
Pages
77
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.141245
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-v D.B. Spooner view
Annual Report of the Director-General of Archaeology for the Year 1917-18
1-39 D.B. Spooner view
Appendix A
40-40 unknown view
Appendix B
40-41 unknown view
Appendix C
42-42 unknown view
Appendix D
43-51 unknown view
Appendix E
51-53 J. H. Marshall view
Plates
i-xvii unknown view

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