India impressions, with some notes of Ceylon during a winter tour, 1906-7 [microform] . TO GWALIOR FORT BY PALANQUIN Mohammedans. Soon the towers of the old palaceof Man Mandir rose in view near the summit, eachcrowned with a circular cupola. It is a strikingi i3o INDIA IMPRESSIONS building of remarkable character in reddish-yellowsand .tone, faced in parts by turquoise blue andyellow tiles, courses of these tiles running acrossthe facade. The angle tower and some of the tile-work at the top had been restored. There was afrieze of geese in yellow on a turquoise-blue ground,the birds in profile
India impressions, with some notes of Ceylon during a winter tour, 1906-7 [microform] . TO GWALIOR FORT BY PALANQUIN Mohammedans. Soon the towers of the old palaceof Man Mandir rose in view near the summit, eachcrowned with a circular cupola. It is a strikingi i3o INDIA IMPRESSIONS building of remarkable character in reddish-yellowsand .tone, faced in parts by turquoise blue andyellow tiles, courses of these tiles running acrossthe facade. The angle tower and some of the tile-work at the top had been restored. There was afrieze of geese in yellow on a turquoise-blue ground,the birds in profile, each showing an expanded wingand set close together. The design resembled thecarved figures of birds often seen on the Jain architecture here being Hindu, was much moremassive than the Mogul work hitherto seen, andshowed much variety and invention in the carvedcorbels and brackets in the interior. I made a noteof a peacock bracket in which the tail is effectivelytreated, the bird being considerably formalised inadapting it to its architectural purpose. There wasanother
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