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Year
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| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Fatehpur Sikri |
|
Diwan-i-Khas |
 |
The eves. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
Diwan-i-Khas |
 |
Hindu arches. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
Diwan-i-Khas |
 |
Akbar's throne area inside the Diwan-i-Khas. |
1983 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
Diwan-i-Khas |
 |
The column holding Akbar's throne. |
1983 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
|
 |
Mariam-uz-Zamani House. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
|
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The city was abandoned due to problems with the water supply. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
|
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Entrance to Queen's Palace. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
|
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The architecture isn a blend of Islamic Moghul and Hindu forms. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
|
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View of the red colopured abandoned city. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
Palace of Jodh Bai |
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The Palace of Jodh Bai, Akbar's Hindu wife. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
Palace of Jodh Bai |
 |
Decorated sandstone. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
Palace of Jodh Bai |
 |
Detail of stone carving. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
Palace of Jodh Bai |
 |
Part of the Palace of Jodh Bai. |
1983 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
Panch Mahal |
 |
The Panch Mahal and Miriam's House. |
1983 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
Panch Mahal |
 |
The Panch Mahal (Five Palace) is five storeys high. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
Panch Mahal |
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The colonaded interior was used by the ladies of the court. |
1983 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
Panch Mahal |
 |
No two of the 56 columns are alike. |
1983 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
|
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Views of Fatehpur Sikri. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
|
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Fatehpur Sikri is a complete sandstone city abandoned twenty years after it was completed and populated. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
|
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The buildings are a mix of Central Asian and Hindu architecture. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
|
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Water tank. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
|
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Garden region. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
|
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Visitors. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
|
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The Persian style Jami Masjid is said to be a copy of a mosque at Mecca. |
1983 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
|
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The stone cutters' mosque. |
1983 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
Bhirbal Bhavan |
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Bhirbal Bhavan was a palace built for Raja Bhirbal, a noted Hindu wit. |
1983 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
Bhirbal Bhavan |
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The French writer, Victor Hugo, wrote about this palace. |
1983 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
Bhirbal Bhavan |
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The palace is highly decorated. |
1983 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
|
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The Diwan-i-Am, Hall of Public Audiences. |
1983 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
|
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View over the village. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Fatehpur Sikri |
|
|
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Fatehpur Sikri is surrounded by countryside. |
1995 |
| India |
Punjab |
|
Amritsar |
|
|
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Amritsar is the largest city in the Punjab and was founded in 1577. |
1983 |
| India |
Punjab |
|
Amritsar |
|
|
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One of the city gates. |
1983 |
| India |
Punjab |
|
Amritsar |
|
|
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A Sikh temple. Amritsar is the holiest city for the Sikh religion. |
1983 |
| India |
Punjab |
|
Amritsar |
|
|
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Two builders. |
1983 |
| India |
Punjab |
|
Amritsar |
|
|
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A group of workers. |
1983 |
| India |
Punjab |
|
Amritsar |
|
Jalianwala Park |
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Jalianwala Park is the scene of the Amritsar Masacre in 1919. |
1983 |
| India |
Punjab |
|
Amritsar |
|
Jalianwala Park |
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During the Amritsar Masacre 2000 unarmed demonstrators were shot by the British army. |
1983 |
| India |
Punjab |
|
Amritsar |
|
Jalianwala Park |
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Hundreds of bodies were found in the well after Britsh soldiers shot unarmed demonstrators in 1919. |
1983 |
| India |
Punjab |
|
Amritsar |
|
Golden Temple |
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The entrance to the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine of the Sikh religion. |
1983 |
| India |
Punjab |
|
Amritsar |
|
Golden Temple |
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Sikh fathers and sons. |
1983 |
| India |
Punjab |
|
Amritsar |
|
Golden Temple |
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Sikhs can be recognised by their beards, turbans and swords. |
1983 |
| India |
Punjab |
|
Amritsar |
|
Golden Temple |
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Temple guards. |
1983 |
| India |
Punjab |
|
Amritsar |
|
Golden Temple |
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Sikhs family. |
1983 |
| India |
Punjab |
|
Amritsar |
|
Golden Temple |
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Sikh temple guards with arms. |
1983 |
| India |
Punjab |
|
Amritsar |
|
Golden Temple |
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The Golden Temple was built in 1764. |
1983 |
| India |
Punjab |
|
Amritsar |
|
Golden Temple |
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The central shrine sits in a lake. |
1983 |
| India |
Punjab |
|
Amritsar |
|
Golden Temple |
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The roof. |
1983 |
| India |
Punjab |
|
Amritsar |
|
Golden Temple |
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The lake is surrounded by temple building. |
1983 |
| India |
Punjab |
|
Amritsar |
|
Golden Temple |
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Inlaid door. |
1983 |
| India |
Punjab |
|
Amritsar |
|
Golden Temple |
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Pilgrims. |
1983 |
| India |
Punjab |
|
Amritsar |
|
Golden Temple |
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Punjabi plaque. |
1983 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
|
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Street scene in Jaipur, the Pink City. |
1983 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
|
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Jaipur is known as the Pink City because of the colour of its buildings. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
|
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One of the gates to the old city. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
|
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Camel carts are common in the city. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
|
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Rickshaws and bicycles. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
|
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The Pink City is surrounded by mountains. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
|
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View over Jaipur. |
1983 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
|
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Sandstone buildings. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
Hava Mahal |
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The Palace of Winds (Hava Mahal) dates from 1799. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
Hava Mahal |
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The Hava Mahal is a facade from where ladies of the court could look over the city without being seen. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
Hava Mahal |
 |
Detail of the palace. |
1983 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
Hava Mahal |
 |
The palace dates from 1799. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
Hava Mahal |
 |
Looking down onto the palace. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
Hava Mahal |
 |
View of a courtyard. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
Hava Mahal |
 |
Behind the palace facade. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
Hava Mahal |
 |
View of the busy streets. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
Hava Mahal |
 |
View of a high wall. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
Hava Mahal |
 |
View across the palace to the City Palace. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
Hava Mahal |
 |
View to the Observatory. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
Hava Mahal |
 |
View of sandstone buildings. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
|
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Shop selling sandles. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
|
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Shop selling cloth. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
|
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Shop selling puppets. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
|
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Women shopping. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
|
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Family buying bangles. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
|
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Bangles. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
|
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Two Rajasthani women at a bangle shop. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
|
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Horse and carriage. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
|
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One of the city gates. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
|
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Rickshaw driver. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
|
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Two women. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
|
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Hindu holy man. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
City Palace |
 |
Entrance gate to the City Palace. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
City Palace |
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The City Palace complex was built by Jai Singh II. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
City Palace |
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The palace is in Rajput style. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
City Palace |
 |
Palace with a tower. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
City Palace |
 |
Large courtyard. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
City Palace |
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Rajasthani architecture is very whimsical. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
City Palace |
 |
Persian style gateway. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
City Palace |
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Statue of an elephant. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
City Palace |
 |
Moghul influence. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
City Palace |
 |
Carved lattice. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
City Palace |
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Carved stonework. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
City Palace |
 |
The main building of the City Palace. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
City Palace |
 |
Decorated portal. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
City Palace |
 |
The main palace building. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
City Palace |
 |
Cloister. |
1995 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Jaipur |
|
City Palace |
 |
Collection of guns. |
1995 |
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