Akbar's Palace
- Title:
- Akbar's Palace
Diwan-i-khas - Collection:
- Beyond the Taj: Architectural Traditions and Landscape Experience in South Asia
- Photographer:
- MacDougall, Robert D. (Robert Duncan), 1940-1987
- Date:
- ca. 1550-1600
- Location:
- Fatehpur Sikri (Uttar Pradesh, India)
- Country:
- India
- ID Number:
- MCD_01439
- Call Number:
- B-Q5 Fat 7.1 Akb/DiwK 5-10
- File Name:
- MCD_01439.jpg
- Style/Period:
- Mughal Dynasty
- Work Type:
- palaces
- Subject:
- Jharokha
Chhatri - Image View Description:
- Ext.: from Southwest
- Description:
- The hall of private audience with the ornately detailed ekasthambha (central pillar) on which stood the emperor's throne. Dates: second half of the 16th C., probably 1568-1583. Built by Akbar (1542-1605, reg. 1556-1605).
- 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.
Husain, A. B. M.
Fathpur-Sikri and Its Architecture
Dacca: Bureau of National Reconstruction
1970
Fine Arts Library
NA1508.F3 H96
Rizvi, Saiyid Athar Abbas
Fathpur-Sikri
Bombay: D. B. Taraporevala Sons
1975
Kroch Library Asia
DS486.F37 R622+
Hambly, Gavin
Cities of Mughul India: Delhi Agra and Fatehpur Sikri
London: Elek
1968
Kroch Library Asia
DS486.D3 H19+ - 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).