Indian Antiquary Vol 51

SR No.: 032543
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1985
Total Pages: 374
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
ANDERSON, COL. R. P. The Táj. A Translation from the Persian. The Calcutta Review, Vol. LVII, pp. 233-237.
1873
From MS., Or. 2030 British Museum. See V. A. Smith, History of Fine Art in India, p. 419 n.
Includes a description of the stones used in the mosaic work, with places of origin; also a list of the chief craftsmen, with their salaries.
ANON. [Twenty-five large coloured plates, being elevations of the Taj Mahal, Moti Masjid, Mausoleum of Itimedu-d-Doulah, and other monuments at Agra, of the mausoleum of Akbar at Sikandarah, and of the Buland Darwazah at Futehpore Sikri, with facsimiles of the detail of their ornamentation and of their inscriptions, drawn by native artists about A. D. 1812, and bound up in a volume 3' 5" x 2' 6".] MS., Stowe, Or. 17A, British Museum. [1812] Title page: "This contains a faithful Copy of the Inscriptions on the Outside of & within the Mausoleum, or Taaje, at Agra, in India, taken by a Moonshee who was employed by the Bengal Government to superintend and shew the Place to Visitors, and which were carefully translated under the Inspection of the Adjutant-General of the Bengal Army, in the year 1812-13. G. Nugent." MS. Stowe, Or. 17B. Brit. Museum. 1812-13.
Includes also inscriptions on the tomb of Shah Jahan, and on the Moti Masjid and Diwan-i-Khas. The Rozah of Eatimad-ulDowlah, at Agra. [From the Calcutta Journal.] Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register, Vol. XVII, pp. 638-639.
1824
Mofussil Stations, No. II.
Agra. Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register, Vol. X, New Series, pp. 58-66. 1833. The Emperor Akber's Palace. Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register, Vol. II Third Series, pp. 82-84. 1844 Pictorial Agra (Abridged). Contains 26 Half-tone photographs of its most principal buildings with letterpress description of all. Sm. oblong 8vo., pp. 27.
1912
Priya Lall & Co., Agra, A selection from Pictorial Agra.
[SEPTEMBER, 1922
ANON. Buildings of Archaeological Interest in the Fort of Agra. Selections from the Records of Govt. N.-W. Prov., Second Series, Vol. III, pp. 58-72, with 2 folding plans. Allahabad, 1870 Reports by Lieut. H. H. Cole and Sir Edward Leeds. Buildings of Interest in the Fort of Agra. The Architect, Archeological Vol. V, pp. 99-100.
1871
"From a document recently published by the Government of the Western Provinces." Transactions of the Archaeological Society of Inscription in Nai-ki-Mandi Agra, p. xvii. 1875,
On the mausoleum of Nawab Muḥammad Mujahid Khân, erected during the reign of
Akbar.
Akbar's Tomb at Sikandra. Journ., Ind. Art., Vol. VI, pp. 75-80, with 11 coloured plates illustrating the frescoes.
1895
Reprinted in Griggs' Photograph and Drawings of Historical Buildings [q. v.]
The Saman Burj, or Jasmine Tower, at Agra. The House Beautiful, Vol. I, p. 187, with 1 plate.
1904 BIRDWOOD, GEORGE. The Decorations of the Taj at Agra. Journ. Ind. Art., Vol. I, pp. 61-62, with 1 folding coloured plate.
1885
2nd plate, ibid, supplement to Vol. I, No. 10. BROOKS, T. ARCHIBALD. The Taj Mahal: a descriptive essay. 12mo. pp. [i] and 44.
Anglo-Indian Publishing Co., Delhi, 1904. BUTENSCHÖN, ANDREA. Taj Mahal. Dikt af Andrea Butenschön, illustrerad af Julius Wengel. Impl. 4to., pp. 24, with 7 plates. Norstedt, Stockholm, 1894
CHISHOLM, ROBERT F. The Taj Mahal, Agra, and its relations to Indian Architecture. Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, Vol. LIX, pp. 170-180. Correspondence with Mr. Somers Clarke, pp. 393-394.
1911 Synopsis; The Architect, Vol. LXXXV [title page misprinted LXXXVI], pp. 20-23. CHITAR MAL, Munshi. 'Imârât ul-Akbar, A Persian MS. "The best work we possess on the buildings in Agrah from Akbar's time." See note in the Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1875, pp. 117-118..