Oriental Scenery/Part 3/Plate 24

by Thomas Daniell and William Daniell

No. XXIV.

MAUSOLEUM OF NAWAUB ASOPH KHAN, AT RAJE MAHEL.

This Mausoleum is an example of a style of finishing that prevailed very much at Agra, Delhi, and other cities of Hindoostan, before the time of the Emperor Shah Jehan, which was covering the domes, friezes, minars, and other parts, with glazed tiles of various designs and colours. These porcelain embellishments were often applied with great taste, and from the richness of their colours, and enamelled surface, produced a very splendid effect. Raje Mahel is on the western side of the river Ganges, about one hundred and eighty miles northward of Calcutta.

Mausoleum of Nawaub Asoph Khan, at Raje Mahel.