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INTRODUCTION. 
 
 have given the following examples of Indian Architecture as nearly every traveller 
 would see them, beginning with Ahmedabad nearest to Bombay, and ending with 
 Multan. As will be seen, this does not follow the chronological order, but rather the 
 gradual change from the Hindoo to the Mohammedan style, as one goes North, and only 
 includes the period from A. D. 1236 to the present time. In Ahmedabad the mosques 
 are built of yellow sandstone, and they are all purely Jain in detail, often constructed 
 entirely from older Jain temples. This gives them a peculiar style of their own, and 
 they form one of the most interesting groups in the whole of India. Here, too, the stone 
 tracery has been brought to its highest perfection. The old palace is a strange contrast, 
 showing no trace of Jain influence. The date of these buildings is 1391 to 1583. I 
 would call special attention to the construction of the houses; it is the best I have ever 
 seen, being a heavy-timbered frame, with a second one inside, some three feet from 
 the outside one, and the two bound together with beams which show both inside and out. 
 The whole is filled in with stucco. Teak, the wood used, is certainly the most durable in 
 the world. The very elaborate carving of the fronts and court yards lasts for centuries. 
 I have examples which have been exposed to the weather for over two hundred years, and 
 they are as sound as the day they were put up. The climate is much more severe on wood 
 than our own, which we think the worst to be found. The lasting qualities of Teak are 
 due to the wmod being full of natural oil which never dries out, so that any filler, oil, 
 varnish or paint is entirely unnecessary. Shet Huttusing temple, built some forty years 
 ago, Furgusson speaks of as the finest modern building and the clearest proof that native 
 architecture is not dead. I am a little doubtful about the houses attributed to Ajmir, as 
 they may be at Lahore or Amritza. They show the curious mixture of the Hindoo and 
 Mohammedan in the same work. The palace at Amber, the old capital of Jeypore, contains 
 the finest examples of Shish work in India. No one who has not seen this wonderful inlay of 
 mirror pieces can form any conception of its beauty. They are cut from large glass globes, 
 
which gives each piece a convex surface, entirely removing all idea of looking-glass. The 
 effect is more that of rounded surfaces of polished steel. I would refer the reader to Fur- 
 gusson’s Indian Architecture for descriptions of Akbar’s Palace at Futtchpur Sikri, the 
 Palace at Agra, and the tombs and Palace at Delhi. The examples of houses at Amritza 
 Lahore and Multan are as interesting in their style as those of Ahmedabad, though inferior 
 in their construction. The Shisham and Deodar are substituted for the Teak, which does 
 not grow much north of Bombay. The very odd little bay windows are rather the feature 
 of the Lahore streets, while one is struck by the great beauty of the red sandstone door¬ 
 ways in Multan. In the study of Architecture in the East the houses have been neglected, 
 so we find few illustrations of them. I think they are really more instructive than many of 
 the mosques and temples. No country affords a greater variety than India, where 
 each city has its own peculiarities in detail and plan. I can only hope that I have been able 
 to stimulate in some, at least, the desire to know more of .this wonderful Oriental art 
 which is so rapidly disappearing. 
 
 Lockwood de Forest. 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 I. MOSQUE AT AHMEDABAD. 
 
 II. MOOHAFIZ KHAN’S MOSQUE, AHMEDABAD. 
 
 III. DETAILS RANI SIPRE MOSQUE, AHMEDABAD. 
 
 IV. NICHE 
 
 V. CIRCULAR BAY WINDOW OF A HOUSE. AHMEDABAD. 
 
 VI. BAY WINDOW OF A HOUSE. AHMEDABAD. 
 
 VII. HOUSE AT AHMEDABAD. 
 
 VIII. DOOR OF THE OLD PALACE, (Used as the Jail,) AHMEDABAD. 
 
 IX. INTERIOR OF THE OLD PALACE. AHMEDABAD. 
 
 X. SHET HUTTUS1NG TEMPLE. AHMEDABAD. 
 
 XI. DETAILS OF THE FRONT OF A HOUSE. AJMIR. 
 
 XII. BAY WINDOW OF A HOUSE. AJMIR. 
 
 XIII. BAY WINDOW OF A HOUSE. AJMIR. 
 
 XIV. DOOR OF THE PALACE AT AMBER. 
 
 XV. CEILING, DOORWAY OF PALACE, AMBER. 
 
 XVI. COURT OF THE PALACE, AMBER. THE WALLS ARE COVERED WITH SHISH WORK. 
 
 XVII. CEILING OF SIIISII WORK. AMBER. 
 
 XVIII. ROOM IN THE PALACE, AMBER. WALLS AND CEILING OF SHISH WORK. 
 
 XIX. OLD DOOR IN THE PALACE. AMBER. 
 
 XX. OLD DOOR IN THE PALACE. AMBER. 
 
 XXL THE SULTAN’S KIOSK, AKBAR’S PALACE, FUTTEHPORE, SIKRI. 
 
 XXII- ZENANA IN THE PALACE AT AGRA, SHAH JEHAN. WHITE MARBLE INLAID WITH 
 PRECIOUS STONES. 
 
 XXIII. ZENANA PAVILION, PALACE AT AGRA. 
 
 XXIV. TOMB OF ALTUMSII, OLD DELHI. 
 
 XXV. INTERIOR OF THE TOMB OF ALA UD-DIN KHILJI. 
 
 XXVI. INTERIOR OF A TOMB, OLD DELHI. 
 
 XXVII. CEILING OF A TOMB, OLD DELHI. 
 
 XXVIII. INTERIOR OF A MOSQUE, BRICK TILE AND MOSAIC WORK. 
 
 XXIX. INTERIOR OF THE SAME MOSQUE. 
 
 XXX. INTERIOR OF THE PALACE DELHI. 
 
 XXXI. HOUSE IN THE BAZAR, AMRITZA. 
 
 XXXII. WINDOW OF A HOUSE, AMRITZA. 
 
 XXXIII. BAY WINDOW AT AMRITZA. 
 
 XXXIV. WINDOW AT AMRITZA. 
 
 XXXV. INLAID MARBLE SIKH WORK, AMRITZA. 
 
 XXXVI. GILDED COPPER DOORS, SIKH WORK, AMRITZA. 
 
 XXXVII. DOME OF THE GREAT MOSQUE, LAHORE. JEHAN GIR. 
 
 XXXVIII. CEILING IN T1IE GREAT MOSQUE, LAHORE. 
 
 XXXIX. STREET IN THE BAZAR, LAHORE. 
 
 XL. BAY WINDOW, LAHORE. 
 
 XLI. OLD BAY WINDOW IN T11E MUSEUM, LAHORE. 
 
 XLII. HOUSE AT LAHORE. 
 
 XLIII. INTERIOR OF A HOUSE, PROBABLY MULTAN. 
 
 XLIV. DOORWAY, PUNJAB. 
 
 XLV. DOOR OF THE GREAT MOSQUE, MULTAN. 
 
 XLVI. TOMB AT MULTAN. GLAZED TILES. 
 
 XLVII. DETAILS OF TOMB AT MULTAN. 
 
 XLVIII. HOUSE AT MULTAN. 
 
 XLIX. DOORWAY OF A HOUSE AT MULTAN. 
 
 L. DOORWAY OF A HOUSE AT MULTAN. 
 

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