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Identifier: handbooktravelle00john Title: A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon . Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors: John Murray (Firm) Subjects: India -- Guidebooks Burma -- Guidebooks Sri Lanka -- Guidebooks Publisher: London : J. Murray Calcutta : Thacker, Spink, & Co. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: o theprincipal buildings alone. The Gates of the Fort or city are— The Fateh Gate (i),^ in the centreof the S. wall of the city, by whichAurangzeb is said to have entered. The Shahapur Gate (2), on theN.W. The gate itself is furnishedwith long iron spikes on the outside,to protect it from being battered inby the elephants of an enemy. Thiswas a common device throughoutIndia. S. of it, on the W. of thecity, is the Zohrapur Gate (3); and 600 ft. to the S. of that is the Makka Gate (4), with representa-tions on either side of lions tramplingon an elephant. This gate is closedand converted into a school. A lessimposing one (4a), a few hundred yds.farther N., serves its purpose. Almostexactly opposite to it, on the E. sideof the City, is the Alipur Gate (5), or High Gate,wrongly called in maps and else-where the AUahpur Gate. N. of itis the 1 The numbers refer to the correspondingnumbers on the plan of Bijapur. ^Q-Q.-. ciSC^. O^^CoO-=?-« 3« SCO c-2 »L^ c a-^-er^ CO ^ iri to t- 00 oi Q

Text Appearing After Image: I s ROUTE 27. HOGTI JUNCTION TO BIJAPUR Padshahpur Gate (6), near the rail-way station. In the centre of the N. wall is theBahmani Gate {7). On the E. side of the city, close to the railway station, is the Mausoleumof Muhammad Adil Shah, seventhking, a magnificent structure, gener-ally called the Gol Giunbaz, or Round Dome (8). Mr Fergusson,in his Hist, of Indian Arch., says ofthis building: This tomb of Mah-mud was in design as complete acontrast to that of Ibrahim II., de-scribed below, as can well beimagined, and is as remarkable forsimple grandeur and constructiveboldness as that of Ibrahim was forexcessive richness and contempt ofconstructive properties. It is con-structed on the same principle as thatemployed in the design of the domeof the great mosque, but on so muchlarger a scale as to convert into awonder of constructive skill what, inthat instance, was only an elegantarchitectural design. It is built ona platform 600 ft. square and 2 ft.high. In front is a great gateway,94 b

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