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INDIAN SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE. Book VII.
of the courtyard with its great gateway not having been even
commenced when the dynasty was overthrown. Even as it
is, it is one of the finest mosques in India.
As will be seen from the plan (Woodcut No. 411), it would
have been, if completed, a rectangle of 331 ft. by 257 ft. The
mosque itself is perfect, and measures 257 ft. by 145 ft., and
consequently covers about 37,000 sq. ft. It consequently is
in itself just about equal to the mosque at Kulbarga; but
this is irrespective of the wings, which extend 186 ft. beyond,
so that, if completed, it would have covered about 85,000 sq. ft.
of the courtyard with its great gateway not having been even
commenced when the dynasty was overthrown. Even as it
is, it is one of the finest mosques in India.
As will be seen from the plan (Woodcut No. 411), it would
have been, if completed, a rectangle of 331 ft. by 257 ft. The
mosque itself is perfect, and measures 257 ft. by 145 ft., and
consequently covers about 37,000 sq. ft. It consequently is
in itself just about equal to the mosque at Kulbarga; but
this is irrespective of the wings, which extend 186 ft. beyond,
so that, if completed, it would have covered about 85,000 sq. ft.