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Sikandra (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

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'20047 Akbars tomb Secundra', 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/27X/21
Scope and Contents

Photograph taken from a height across ?a courtyard, showing three levels of cloistered walkways and flat roofs. Several Indians are standing on the flat roofs and within the cloisters.

Dates: 1912
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Akbar's Tomb. Sikandra, 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/10/113
Scope and Contents

52 x 76 mm.

Dates: 1933
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Akbar's Tomb. Sikandra, 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/10/114
Scope and Contents

150 x 105 mm.

Dates: 1933
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Entrance gate to Secundra, Agra, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/24
Scope and Contents

288x232mm. View of the entrance gateway to the tomb of Akbar at Sikandra, five miles north-west of Agra. The gateway, with its massive arch flanked by four minarets (seen here before the cupolas were repaired) is of red sandstone decorated with a polychrome inlay of bold geometric designs. No. 16.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Sub-Series

Historic buildings in Agra, Fatehpur Sikri and Sikandra, 1902 - 1910

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022R/296-347
Scope and Contents From the Series: An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The prints are of two types; large professional photographs, chiefly of Benares, Delhi, and Agra, and smaller amateur prints. presumably by Davies, relating both to these places and to Kashmir - river and mountain scenes. These are chiefly on left hand pages, with professional photographs on the right, and are captioned. Towards the end of the album, after a series of Agra scenes, there is a group of interesting...
Dates: 1902 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Interior of the Tomb of Akbar the Great, 1908 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3026A/6
Scope and Contents

286 x 205 mm.

Dates: 1908 - 1930
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Secundra, corner of Akbar’s Tomb, 3 top stories, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/50
Scope and Contents

As captioned, showing three rows of verandahs with pointed arches meeting at corner pavilions.

Dates: 1901
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Secundra, doorway of Akbar’s Tomb, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/91
Scope and Contents

View from the interior looking through the marble tracery of the doorway (in silhouette in the foreground) towards the gateway. See Y3022D/37 and Y3022L/24.

Dates: 1901
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Secundra, front of Akbar’s tomb, top stories, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/67
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: An album containing prints measuring 69 x 95 mm, with handwritten captions. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The flyleaf is inscribed 'To Lieut. Colonel G.S. Walker, I.M.S. with compliments and thanks from the photographer. 1901.' George Lemon Walker (29.7.1849-31.5.1901) was born in Kingston, Ontario and served in the Madras Medical Service...
Dates: 1901
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Secundra, gateway of Akbar’s Tomb enclosure, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/166
Scope and Contents

Exterior view of the entrance gateway to Akbar’s Tomb: see Y3022D/37 and Y3022L/24-25.

Dates: 1901
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Secundra, top of Akbar’s Tomb, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/179
Scope and Contents

View of the terrace and mock sarcophagus on the roof of the mausoleum: see Y3022D.37 and Y3022L/24-25.

Dates: 1901
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Secundra, view from the top of Akbar’s Tomb, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/46
Scope and Contents

View from the tomb looking across the garden towards the entrance gateway.

Dates: 1901
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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'Sikandra. Akbar's cenotaph. Moghul. 1600 / Akbar', 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/27X/22
Scope and Contents

Photograph showing a slightly raised platform in the corner of a courtyard, with a tomb and small square carved-stone monument on it. The covered open-air cloister is visible behind the platform.

Dates: 1912
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Sikandra Church, completed in 1840, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/2/3/33
Scope and Contents

114 x 155 mm. with copy.

Dates: 1955
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The entrance gate, Secundra, 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022B/116
Scope and Contents

296 x 235 mm.

Dates: 1860 - 1869
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The mausoleum of Akbar, the upper marble sarcophagus, Secundra, 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022D/37
Scope and Contents

294 x 233 mm. View showing the open upper storey of Akbar's tomb at Sikandra, five miles NW of Agra. An arched colonnade runs round the perimeter of the terrace, backed by screens of marble trellis work. The tomb itself stands on a platform in the centre of the courtyard (the actual body, following normal practice, being contained in a plainer tomb in a vaulted chamber in the basement). Bourne no. 1252.

Dates: 1860 - 1869
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Secundra, Agra, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/25
Scope and Contents

275x215mm. View from the entrance gateway looking south along the broad avenue towards to mausoleum of the Empe or Akbar (1542-1605). The building was commenced by Akbar himself and completed after some twenty years by his son Jahangir. Pyramidal in design, the lower storeys are of red sandstone, surmounted by a fourth storey of marble containing a sepulchre (the actual body of Akbar, who reigned 1556-1605, rests beneath a plainer tombstone in the basement of the building).

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Tomb of Akbar the Great, West Gate, 1908 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3026A/5
Scope and Contents

292 x 210 mm.

Dates: 1908 - 1930
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).