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Identifier: handbooktravelle00john Title: A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon . Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors: John Murray (Firm) Subjects: India -- Guidebooks Burma -- Guidebooks Sri Lanka -- Guidebooks Publisher: London : J. Murray Calcutta : Thacker, Spink, & Co. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: entury restorations —Miriams House, Bir Bals House,the Panch Mahal, Turkish SultanasHouse, Council Chamber, etc., etc.Inside the old walls of the city andabout i^ m. from Fatehpur and ROUTE 13. FATKHPUR SIKRI PALACE 181 Sikri the road divides, that to theleft passing under the ridge, and tothe village at the foot of the stepsbelow the Buland Darwazah, andthat going straight on graduallyascending the ridge to the palace.This passes beneath the NaubatKhana, from the upper rooms ofwhich musicians played as Akbarentered the city. Farther left are theremains of the Treasury, and opposite some 366 ft. from N. to S. by 181 ft.from E. to W., and surrounded by aflat-roofed cloister. On the W. sideis the Audience Hall, with a deepverandah in front, and an isolatedspace for the Emperor between twopierced stone screens of fine geometricdesign. The room behind has apeculiar roof, which was painted.The road leads through the courtyardto the Daftar Khana, or Record Office, PLAN OF FATEHPUR SIKRI /

Text Appearing After Image: Shaik Salim Chishtis DargaliPanch MahalDiwan-i-AraJodh Bais PalaceDiwau-i-KhasBirbals HouseMiriams HouseCamel and Horse StableKhwabgahSultanas ApartmentLarge Octagonal BaoliGate of Victory or BulandDarwazah it what is known traditionally as theMint, a large quadrangular building.Near the mint a new Travellers RestHouse has been built. Beyond thisthe road enters the inner enceinteof the palace! and the court infront of the Diwan-i-Am, measuring1 The four vols, published by the lateMr W. E. Smith upon Fatehpur-Sikri arethe_ finest ever produced by the Archjeo-logical Survey of the Government of India,and show exactly how the work of thatDepartment should be done. IValktr Or Boutali sc. once t he D. B. On the back is astaircase leading to the roof, fromwhich there is a fine view of the city.The inner stone partition walls aremodern. In front, facing N., isAkbars Ktiwabgah, or SleepingApartment, literally House ofDreams. Written on the internalwalls over the architraves of thedoors are so

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