“Rear view of Tower of Victory, Chittore [Chittorgarh].” View of carved stone tower with several people 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 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.
Authors
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-79279
- Date published
- circa 1890
- Dates
- circa 1890
- Pages
- Photographic prints, 20.5 x 26.5 cm.
- Place Discussed
- Asia Chittaurgarh India Rājasthān
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- impa-a-nls-75650307-1.tif
- Rights
- 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
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/3ca75a149eeaffd10cf03b34941960a9
