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Annual Report of the Director-General of Archaeology in India. 1918-19

1951

At the same time the roadway from the Roshnai Darwaza to the opening on the north side of the enclosure has been diverted so as not to interfere with the square formation of the garden ; judicious planting of trees and creepers has been provided for and so arranged that the main architectural features in view—the Jami Masjid gateway the Central Pavilion and the Hazuri Bagh Gate of the Fort—can [...] In H. H. the Nizam's Dominions a considerable sum was expended in completing the repair of the minarets in the Fort of Daulatabad in accordance with the suggestions made by the late Viceroy Lord Minto and various measures were taken for the preservation of the Caves at Ellora the Bibi Maqbara at Aurangabad and the mosque and tombs in the Fort of Gulbarga. [...] At Tanjore the rampart wall of the Sivaganga Fort was uderpinned on the north and south sides and the tenth bastion was rebuilt while to prevent the further cracking of the building masonry walls were inserted in the ground floor of the arsenal in the Palace. [...] Now we have seen that these chapels were not erected until about the middle of the 1st century of our era that they were repaired and added to in the 2nd century A. D. and that the 4th type of building came into vogue in the 3rd century A. D. Accordingly I assign the deposits of the coins of the two Kadphises to the latter part of the 1st century A. D. and those of Kanishka and Huvishka to the [...] That this smaller court on the east is of the same date as the rest of the monastery is evident from the similarity of its well cut masonryand of the bonding of the walls at the point of juncture.
anthropology archaeology
Pages
87
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.141248
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-iii John Marshall view
Part I
1-37 J.H Marshall view
Appendix
38-64 J.H Marshall view
Plates
i-xiii unknown view
List of Honorary Correspondents of the Archasological Department
i-i unknown view
List of Public Institutions Libraries etc. to which copies of Archaeological Survey Reports are Regularly Supplied
i-vi unknown view

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