NON-EXPORTABLE
ONE OF THE MOST RAREST OF BOOKS WITH TIPPED IN PHOTOGRAPHS, ONLY OF WHICH A HANDFUL OF COPIES ARE KNOWN TO BE IN EXISTENCE
TITLE: Gaur: Its Ruins and Inscriptions
AUTHOR: John Henry Ravenshaw, B.C.S
PUBLISHER: C. Kegan Paul & Co.
PLACE: London
YEAR: 1878
BINDING: Bound in full calf
NO.OF PAGES: 102 PAGES including 58 plates, 1 folding B & W map of Gaur, tipped photographic frontispiece + 43 tipped in woodbury type of photographs ( lacks 1 plate, plate no 28)
SIZE:
Height: 35 cm
Width: 26 cm
Depth: 3.5 cm
John Henry Ravenshaw, an employee of the Bengal Civil Service, took the photographs whilst staying in the region of Gaur between 1865 and 1867. Ravenshaw died in 1874 following his return to London, but his widow Caroline arranged for the publication of the present volume. Gaur, once known as Lakshmanavati, was the ancient capital of the rulers of Bengal, becoming an important provincial centre of Islamic culture during the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, after which the area fell into decline being described by the time of Ravenshaw's visit as "a lamentable wreck of its former elegance and grandeur."
LIST OF PLATES IN ORDER:-
(1) Gaur. Dakhil Gate. North-East view.
(1a)Gaur. Sagar Dighi.
(2) Gaur. Tomb of Makhdum Akhi Sirajuddin.
(3) Gaur. Janjan Miyan Mosque.
(4) Gaur. Sadulpur Ghat.
(5) Gaur. Golden Mosque. South View.
(6) Gaur. Golden Mosque. North View.
(7) Gaur. Corridor of Golden Mosque.
(8) Gaur. Plan of Fort. Enlarged from Creighton's map of 1801 [lithograph].
(9) Gaur. Dakhil Gate. South View.
(10) Gaur. Bais Gaji Wall.
(11)Gaur. Section of Bais Gaji Wall.
(12)Gaur. Qadam RasulMosque.
(13)Gaur. Entrance to Court of Qadam Rasul Mosque.
(14)Gaur. Fath Khan's Tomb.
(15)Gaur. East Gate of Fort [Lukochori Darwaza].
(16)Gaur. Minar [Firuz Minar].
(17)Gaur. Tantipara Mosque.
(18)Gaur. Lattan or Painted Mosque.
(19)Gaur. Kotwali Gate.
(20)Gaur. Firuzpur Gate.
(21)Gaur. Small Golden Mosque [Chota Sona Masjid]. East View.
(22)Gaur. Small Golden Mosque [Chota Sona Masjid].
(23)Gaur. Ornamental bricks.
(24)Maldah. Gateof Fort.
(25)Maldah. South Gate of City.
(26)Maldah. Outer Wall of Golden Mosque.
(27)Panduah. Nur Qutb Alam Gateway.
(28)Panduah. Tomb of Nur Qutb Alam. (MISSING)
(29)Panduah. Tomb of Ala Ul Haq.
(30a) Panduah. Stone capital.
(30b) Panduah. Sculptured figure.
(31)Panduah. Carved lintels.
(32)Panduah. Golden Mosque [Qutb Shahi Mosque].
(33)Panduah. Interior of Golden Mosque [Qutb Shahi Mosque].
(34)Panduah. Eklakhi Mosque [Eklakhi Tomb].
(35)Panduah. Entrance to Eklakhi Mosque [Eklakhi Tomb].
(36)Panduah. Ground Plan of Adinah Mosque [non-photographic].
(37)Panduah. Outer Wall with Entrance to Adinah Mosque.
(38)Panduah. Arches of Inner Court. Adinah Mosque.
(39)Panduah. Transept - Adinah Mosque.
(40)Panduah. Pulpit in Transept. Adinah Mosque.
(41)Panduah. Pulpit and Prayer Niche in Transept. Adinah Mosque.
(42)Panduah. Lower Pillars of Badshah Ka Takht. Adinah Mosque.
(43)Panduah. Upper Pillars of Badshah Ka Takht. Adinah Mosque.
(44)Panduah. Prayer niche on Badshah Ka Takht. Adinah Mosque.
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