Part of the Palace in the Fort of Allahabad, September 1795 This building, composed chiefly of freestone, was erected by the Emperor Akbar, the pillars are richly ornamented, and the whole executed in a masterly style. In the centre of the terrace, on the top of the building, stood a turret of white marble, very elegantly finished, which was taken down by order of the Nabob of Oud, and sent to Lucknow in the year 1789From the book ' Oriental scenery: one hundred and fifty views of the architecture, antiquities and landscape scenery of Hindoostan ' by Thomas Daniell, and William Daniell, Publis
Part of the Palace in the Fort of Allahabad, September 1795 This building, composed chiefly of freestone, was erected by the Emperor Akbar, the pillars are richly ornamented, and the whole executed in a masterly style. In the centre of the terrace, on the top of the building, stood a turret of white marble, very elegantly finished, which was taken down by order of the Nabob of Oud, and sent to Lucknow in the year 1789From the book ' Oriental scenery: one hundred and fifty views of the architecture, antiquities and landscape scenery of Hindoostan ' by Thomas Daniell, and William Daniell, Published in London by the Authors January 1, 1812
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