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Title: Tower of Victory, Chittaurgarh, India, ca.1890
Creator: Dayal, Deen, 1844-1905
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1890
Publication Information: University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
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Description: “Tower of Victory in Chittore [Chittorgarh] Fort.” View of carved stone tower with several people and an elephant at the bottom. Chittaurgarh served as the third capital of the Mewar kingdom before it was sacked and the capital moved to Udaipur. The Tower of Victory, or Vijay Stambha, was constructed between 1458 and 1468. It reaches 122 feet into the air, and its exterior is covered with ornate carvings. ❧ Views of Rajputana by Lala Deen Diyal.
Type: image
Format: Photographic prints, 20 x 26.6 cm.
Identifier: impa-a-nls-75650271-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-79269
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-75650271-1.jpg
Subject: Architecture (discipline)
Carvings (visual works)
Towers (single built works)
Time Period: circa 1890
Place: Asia
Chittaurgarh
India
Rājasthān
Source: Acc.7548/F/12 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 75650269 [File]
Relation: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland
Views of Rajputana by Lala Deen Diyal, Indore
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