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meter, in front of which stands a gate pyramid or propyton,1 of almost
Egyptian mass and outline, rising to the height of 8G ft. This gate
pyramid by its elevation supplied the place of a minaret, which is
a feature as little known at .Taunpore, as it was, at the same age, in
the capital city of Delhi. On each side of the dome is a com-
partment divided into two storeys by a stone floor supported mi
pillars; and beyond this, on each side, is an apartment 40 ft. by 50 ft.

292. Lall Durwaa Mosqoe, Jaunpore. (From a Drawing by tlie Author.)

covered by a bold pointed vault with ribs, so constructed that its
upper surface forms the external roof of the building, which in Gothic
vault/is scarcely ever the case. The three sides of the courtyard were
surrounded by double colonnades, two storeys in height internally,
but with three on the exterior, the floor of the courtyard being raised
to the height of the lower storey. On each face was a handsome gate-
way; one (if which is represented in Woodcut No. 2111, which gives

' A view of it, bat not ■ good one, is given in Daniell's plate?. It is partially
Been in Woodcut No. 291.