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Ahmedabad: Topographic Views

Gilchrist, Scott
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/181158
Date
2014
Description
Older stone building with hexagonal cupola; Also known as Ahmadābād, located on Sābarmati river, north of Bombay (Mumbai); founded by Muslim Sultan Aḥmad Shāh, ruler of Gujarat; seized by Mughal emperor Akbar in 1572. Half of the population is employed in cotton industry; first cotton mills opened 1859-1861; has light manufacturing. With a population of more than 5.5 million and an extended population of 6.3 million, it is the sixth largest city and seventh largest metropolitan area of India. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 8/28/2015)
Type of Work
topographical view; photograph
Subject
architecture, cityscape, contemporary (1960 to present), genre, Twenty-first century
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
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