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Sikandra (inhabited place)

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Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

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Entrance gate to Secundra, Agra, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/24
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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
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