Chasma-i-shahi
- Title:
- Chasma-i-shahi
- Collection:
- Beyond the Taj: Architectural Traditions and Landscape Experience in South Asia
- Photographer:
- MacDougall, Robert D. (Robert Duncan), 1940-1987
- Date:
- ca. 1625-1675
- Location:
- Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir, India)
- Country:
- India
- ID Number:
- MCD_04501
- Call Number:
- B-Q5 Sri 2.32 Cha 5-9
- File Name:
- MCD_04501.jpg
- Work Type:
- garden
- Image View Description:
- Ext.: upper pavilion and garden with fountain
- Description:
- Situated about 9 km from city center, Chasma-i-shahi (the Royal Spring) is the smallest of the Mughal gardens. It follows a three terraced garden plan. Dates: mid 17th C., laid out in 1632. Built by Emperor Shah Jahan (reg. 1628-1658) & Ali Mardan Khan.
- Notes:
- Image and original data maintained by the Cornell University Library. This digital collection is a result of a long-term collaboration between Professor Bonnie G. MacDougall, Department of Architecture and Margaret N. Webster, Director of the George W. & Adelaide Knight Visual Resources Facility in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning.
- Source:
- MacDougall, R. D.
http://srinagar.nic.in/
Grove Dictionary of Art
Kaul, Manohar
Kashmir: Hindu, Buddhist & Muslim Architecture
New Delhi: Sagar Publications
1971
Annex
NA6007.K3 K21
Crowe, Sylvia
The Gardens of Mughul India: a History and a Guide
Delhi: Vikas Publishing House
1973
Kroch Library Asia
SB466.I4 G37 2006 - Cite As:
- Bonnie and Robert MacDougall papers, #15-2-4397. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This image is protected by copyright, and the copyright holder is Cornell University. It is licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Images in the Beyond the Taj collection were created between roughly 1960-1987, and were digitized by Cornell University Library from a variety of negatives, positives, and slides retained by the Estate of Bonnie MacDougall. Permission is required for any use that extends beyond what is authorized by the license, fair use, and/or other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Cornell welcomes additional information about the items in this collection, including any additional information regarding rights holders. Please contact rareref@cornell.edu with any such information or to request permission to use any images from this collection. For additional information about how you may use materials from Cornell University Library’s Digital Collections, review our Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio from Cornell University Library Collections (http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright).