| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
|
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Pilgrims on the bathing ghat.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
|
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A group of pilgrims.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
|
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Pilgrims bathing in the Ganges in Hinduism's holy city, Varanasi.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
|
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A sadhu (Hindu holy man).
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
|
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Narrow streets near the river.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
|
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Dentist.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
|
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Flower sellers.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
|
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A temple dedicated to Shiva.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
|
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The old city.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
Site / Event : Durga Temple
|
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The Durga Temple is one of the most important Hindu temples in the city.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
Site / Event : Durga Temple
|
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Temple bell that all prigrims clang.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
Site / Event : Durga Temple
|
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Temple monkeys.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
Site / Event : Tulsi Manas Temple
|
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The interior of the Tulsi Manas Temple which dates from 1964.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
Site / Event : Tulsi Manas Temple
|
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The Ramayana, one of the holy texts of Hinduism written in Hindi.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
District : Sarnath
|
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Sarnath, a suburb of varanasi, is one of the four holiest Buddhists sites in India.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
District : Sarnath
|
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Some of the structures date from 200 BCE.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
District : Sarnath
|
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The Dhamekh Stupa dominates the site.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
District : Sarnath
|
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Sarnath is considered the place where the Buddha gave his first sermon.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
District : Sarnath
|
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The Dhamekh Stupa is covered with decorations.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
|
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Agra is a spread out city that was once a Moghul capital and is the city of the Taj Mahal.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
|
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Bullock cart.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Gateway to the Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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The gateway is sandstone with marble inlay.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Sandstone with marble inlay.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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The tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah is the oldest Moghul tomb made entirely of marble.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
 |
The Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb is a forerunner of the Taj Mahal and was completed in 1628.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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The British used the tomb as a barracks and covered it in whitewash.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Unlike the Taj Mahal, this tomb has inlay work on the minarets.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Detail of the minaret.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
 |
The inlay work is superior to the Taj Mahal.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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The tomb is surrounded by four sandstone gateways.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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The tomb entrance.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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A riot of detail.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Intricate inlay work and carvings from the tomb.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Persian style window.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Wall decoration.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Marble screen with hexagons.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Detail of the hexagons on a marble screen.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Marble screen with inverted hexagons.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Detail of the inverted hexagons on a marble screen.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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View of the tomb from one of the gateways.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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The tomb is by the river.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Geometric inlays surrounded by flower patterns.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Detail of geometric inlays.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Detail of flower surrounded by geometric inlays.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Inlay detail with flowers.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Detail of the inlay work.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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The screen work is very intricate.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Detail of flower pattern inlays.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Every cetimeter of the tomb is covered with inlay work and carving.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Artisans from Europe and Persia worked on the tomb.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Detail of the inlay work.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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The interior of the tomb.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Flower paintings in the tomb interior.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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The tomb interior.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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Interior painting.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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View of the inlaid minaret from the upper level.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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The tomb chamber.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Itimad-ud-Daula Tomb
|
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The cenotaph of Mirza Ghiyas, the grandfather of Mumtaz, the lady of the Taj.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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The great gateway of Sikander.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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Sikander is a Moghul tomb complex in the suburbs of Agra.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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Entrance portal.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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The complex is the size of a small town.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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The gateway is covered in decoration.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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Inlays of different coloured stone.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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Sandstone and marble.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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Sandstone screens.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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Marble with black stone.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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Entrance portal decorations.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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Window and balcony.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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Painted ceiling in the interior.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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Arabic inscription.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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Detail of the flowery decoration.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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The top of the gateway.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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The tomb of the third Moghul Emperor, Akbar.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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The main part of Akbar's tomb has a Persian style gate.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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The tomb dates from 1605.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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Marble with sandstone.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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Relief work.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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Decorated column.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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Sandstone screen.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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Marble screens.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Sikander
|
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Akbar's cenotaph.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Agra Fort
|
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Agra Fort was begun in sandstone by Akbar (1565) and embelished with marble by his grandson, Shah Jahan.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Agra Fort
|
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Agra Fort was originally a sandstone fortress.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Agra Fort
|
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The entrance.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Agra Fort
|
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The outer walls are two and a half km long.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Agra Fort
|
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Amar Singh Gate.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Agra Fort
|
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Rajasthani visitors passing through the Amar Singh Gate.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Agra Fort
|
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The 10m wide moat and the Yamuna River.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Agra Fort
|
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Inside the Amar Singh Gate.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Agra Fort
|
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The immense inner walls.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Agra Fort
|
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Jehangir's Palace is a blend of Central Asian and Hindu styles.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Agra Fort
|
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Jehangir's Palace is sandstone with marble inlays.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Agra Fort
|
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Hindu style carvings in Jehangir's Palace.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Agra Fort
|
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Sandstone carvings on Jehangir's Palace.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Agra Fort
|
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The courtyard of Jehangir's Palace.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Agra Fort
|
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The interior of Jehangir's Palace.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Agra Fort
|
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Carvings on the outside wall of Jehangir's Palace.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Agra Fort
|
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The walls of the fort.
|
1983 |
were added from 1 February 2025.