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CHANDERI IMAGE GALLERY


CHANDERI SAREE GALLERY



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Importants

  1. Temples
  2. Mosques
  3. Tombs and graves
  4. Step wells
  5. Gates
  6. Palaces



Architecture

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Before proceeding to the individual monuments of Chanderi it may be of interest to the visitor to know certain essential characteristics of its historic architecture. A vast majority of he exiting standing monuments at Chanderi were raised in the the years between 1312 A.D. to 1687 A.D. These

could be broken down into three main groups,Islamic architecture from the period of the Sultan's of Delhi, the Mughal period, and then which comprise the majority, the Malwa Indo-Islamic.Also there are monuments that are a mixture of these styles.Chanderi has a number of ancient Hindu and Jain temple ruins, fragments, statues, and idols in modern and medieval temples which by style and speculation date probably to the 10th to 13th centuries (no inscriptions on these statues and idols have been found to confirm their dates). Chanderi has over 1000 mosques, over 1000 wells and ponds, 100s of tombs, 100s of temples, and many other monuments, haveli palaces, gates, and other constructions. In this chapter are listed some of the most famous.





 



Places


Shajadi ka Rauza

Kushk Mahal(Palace)


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