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Ahmed Shah's Mosque.- Hindoo Pillars, Pillars of the Ahmed Shah's Mosque in Ahmedabad, photograph, page, number: '3.', photographer: Thomas Biggs, Ahmedabad (city), c. 1856 - in or before 1866, Gujarat, paper, albumen print, height 188 mm x width 136 mm, temple, shrine, Islam, Mohammedanism, column, pillar, architecture, Ahmed Shah Mosque, A sepia-toned photograph showing a row of carved stone columns and pillars forming a colonnaded interior, with one prominent lighter-colored column in the foreground featuring fluted vertical grooves and a detailed capital, adjacent to darker, weathered columns that display ornate carved patterns and decorative bands; the ceiling above the columns has layered cornices with geometric dentil-like molding, and the stone floor and wall surfaces show visible aging and mottled texture, with shadowed recesses between the pillars and fragments of carved stonework and a partially visible doorway at the right edge.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B09_256

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Keywords

Ahmed Shah's Mosque.- Hindoo Pillars Pillars Ahmed Shah's Mosque Ahmedabad photograph page number 3 photographer Thomas Biggs city c 1856 - 1866 Gujarat paper albumen print height 188 mm x width 136 mm temple shrine Islam Mohammedanism column pillar architecture Ahmed Shah Mosque sepia-toned photograph showing row carved stone columns pillars forming colonnaded interior prominent lighter-colored column foreground featuring fluted vertical grooves detailed capital adjacent darker weathered columns display ornate carved patterns decorative bands ceiling columns layered cornices geometric dentil- molding stone floor wall surfaces visible aging mottled texture shadowed recesses pillars fragments carved stonework partially visible doorway right edge