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Description: | Photograph of the view of the Gagan Mahal or durbar hall in Bijapur. The Gagan Mahal or Heavenly Palace is the Assembly or Durbar Hall built by Ali Adil I in 1560. The facade is dominated by an immense arch, 20 metres long and 17 metres high, flanked by two narrow high archways. At the rear there was a huge central hall with a smaller room at each side. The ceiling has collapsed but it seems to have been made of wood and supported an upper floor where the sovereign's private apartments were. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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