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City of Āgra

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Creator(s)
unknown (Indian (South Asian))
Time period
creation date: founded, early 16th century
Location
Site: Āgra (Uttar Pradesh, India)
Cultural context
Indian (South Asian)
Islamic
Description
general view, an explicitly defensive form: the circular plan offers a direct shot at attackers from gun or arrow slits facing in a range of directions (and the vultures perched atop the turret provide an additional warning), 1990
Work type
City
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Rights
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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