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Title
View from Top of 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
Rights Information
For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk
National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK
The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License.
manuscripts@nls.uk
Description
“View from top of Tower of Victory.” View of landscape surrounding Chittaurgarh. 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 to commemorate the victory over the Muslim ruler of Delhi. 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, 26.6 x 20.5 cm.
Identifier
impa-a-nls-75650301-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-79278
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-75650301-1.jpg
Subject
Buildings (structures)
Landscapes (representations)
Monuments
Time Period
circa 1890
Place
Asia
Chittaurgarh
India
Rājasthān
Source
Acc.7548/F/12 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 75650299 [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
image/tiff

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