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Description: | Photograph of the Girl's School at Fatehpur Sikri, taken by Edmund William Smith in 1893, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections. Fatehpur Sikri was built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar (r.1556-1605) between 1571 and 1585. The Girl's school, a large pillared building surrounded by a verandah is situated on the north-western corner of the Khas Mahal. The building overlooks a courtyard part of which is laid out like a giant Pachisi board, a game similar to Chess. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Education Schools Architecture People And Society | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Smith, Edmund William | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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