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Item ID: 227845  
  

India Old Postcard Shish Mahal, Fort Agra, Palace of Glass or Palace of Mirrors

Vintage Old British Indian Picture Post card. India, Shish Mahal or Palace of Glass, Fort Agra. Interior. / The Shish Mahal or Palace of Mirrors situated in the north east of Angoor Bagh it entered a marble beared doorway. The walls those of the Dewan Khas above them are therefore strikingly thick. The entrance has two chambers 38 feet by 22 feet connected by a doorway, and whith the centre of its back wall is an arched recess with numerous lamps wicks before which is a margin scrolled marbke Tank with a fountain. Lord Curzon on his visit in 1905, presented a lamp for illumination. Built by Jahangir in 1611 A.D.

Publisher: H.A. Mirza & Sons Delhi
Series No: II 40
Faults: Marks on back

Price:£0.89€1.16US$1.22

India Old Postcard Shish Mahal, Fort Agra, Palace of Glass or Palace of Mirrors


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