. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. 1 - ^EF 5wwKlM FlG. 105.—Minar at Ghazni. 270 THE MAHOMETAN OR SARACENIC STYLE. Pathans, and Moguls ; and Mahometan architecturecontinued to be the ruling style down to the year. FlG. 106.—Gateway of Juinma Mcsjid, Jaunpore. 1707, when, after a period of anarchy, the countryfell into the hands of the English, and art of everykind, being elbowed out of the way by commerce,came to an abrupt stop. Of the splendours of Ghazni only two sturdy old IMPOSING EXAMPLES. 271 Minars remain in good preservation (Fig. 105), which,though
. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. 1 - ^EF 5wwKlM FlG. 105.—Minar at Ghazni. 270 THE MAHOMETAN OR SARACENIC STYLE. Pathans, and Moguls ; and Mahometan architecturecontinued to be the ruling style down to the year. FlG. 106.—Gateway of Juinma Mcsjid, Jaunpore. 1707, when, after a period of anarchy, the countryfell into the hands of the English, and art of everykind, being elbowed out of the way by commerce,came to an abrupt stop. Of the splendours of Ghazni only two sturdy old IMPOSING EXAMPLES. 271 Minars remain in good preservation (Fig. 105), which,though striking, are rendered even more impressiveby the ruin and desolation surrounding them. Thecities of later dynasties have been more fortunate, asmay be seen in the ruins of Kootub, the mosques ofJaunpore with their splendid gateways (Figs. 106 and
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