The Jama Masjid is a Friday mosque in Chanderi, in the Ashoknagar district of the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.[1][2] The mosque was completed in AH 853 (1449/1450 CE)[3] and is a Monument of National Importance.[citation needed]
Description
The mosque has three domes, one over each bay, completed in white marble. The prayer hall has eleven arched entrances, while the northern and southern arcades have nine each.[1][3]
Gallery
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Ornately carved doorway -
The mosque in 1850, by Frederick Charles Maisey
See also
References
- ^ a b Brown, Percy (1942). Indian Architecture. p. 65.
- ^ Merklinger, Elizabeth Schotten (2005). Sultanate Architecture of Pre-Mughal India. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. ISBN 978-81-215-1088-2.
- ^ a b "Archnet > Site > Jami' Masjid of Chanderi". www.archnet.org. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
Further reading
- Nath, Ram (1979). "The Jami Masjid (c. 1450 A.D.)". The Art of Chanderi: A Study of the 15th Century Monuments of Chanderi. Ambika Publications.
External links
Media related to Jama Masjid, Chanderi at Wikimedia Commons
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