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Description: | Photograph from the Curzon Collection: 'Presented with feelings of friendship and sincere admiration to Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, by H.H. Rasulkhanji, Navab Junagadha. 1900', of the Jami Masjid in the Uparkot at Junagadh in Gujarat, taken by a photographer of the Solankee Studio around 1900. The old town of Junagadh was the capital of Gujarat in the second-fourth centuries under the Kshatrapa rulers. The Uparkot, the old citadel, is situated to the north-east of the town. It was a stronghold of the Maurya and Gupta empires. It is entered through three massive gateways cut in the solid rock. The Jami Masjid is situated inside the fort; it was built with the remains of a former Hindu temple. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Solankee Studio | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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