 I., p. 15. country. The lower part of the tower, to a height of 43 feet, is built entirely of stone from one of the Chunar quarries, and with the exception of the upper five courses, the whole of this part of the building is a solid mass of stone, and...  A Hand-book of Benares - Page 65by Arthur Parker - 1901 - 85 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1864 - 738 pages
...bricks, has a depth of 28 feet below the level of the ruins, but is sunk only 10 feet below the surface of the country. The lower part of the tower, to a height of 43 feet, is built entirely of stone from one of the Chunar quarries, and with the exception of the upper five courses, the whole... | |
 | Matthew Atmore Sherring - 1868 - 452 pages
...depth of twenty-eight feet below the level of the ruins, but is sunk only ten feet below the surface of the country. The lower part of the tower, to a height of forty-three feet, is built entirely of stone from one of the Chunar quarries; and, with the exception... | |
 | Matthew Atmore Sherring - 1868 - 460 pages
...depth of twenty-eight feet below the level of the ruins, but is sunk only ten feet below the surface of the country. The lower part of the tower, to a height of forty-three feet, is built entirely of stone from one of the Chunar quarries ; and, with the exception... | |
 | Bholanauth Chunder - 1869 - 498 pages
...a solid round tower, 93 feet in diameter at the base, and 110 feet above the surrounding ruins, but 128 feet above the general level of the country. The lower part of the structure, to a height of 43 feet, is built entirely of Chunar stone, and the upper part of large bricks... | |
 | Archaeological Survey of India - 1871 - 570 pages
...sunk only 10 feet below the surface of the * See Flute XXXI. t Handbook of Architecture, I., p. 15. country. The lower part of the tower, to a height of 43 feet, is built entirely of stone from one of the Chunar quarries, and with the exception of the upper five courses, the whole... | |
 | Sir Alexander Cunningham - 1871 - 578 pages
...sunk only 10 feet below the surface of the • See Flste XXXI. t Handbook of Architecture, I., p. 15. country. The lower part of the tower, to a height of 43 feet, is built entirely of stone from one of the Chunar quarries, and with the exception of the upper five courses, the whole... | |
 | John Henry Gray - 1879 - 656 pages
...depth of twenty-eight feet below the level of the ruins, but is sunk only ten feet below the surface of the country. The lower part of the tower, to a height of forty-three feet, is built entirely of stone from one of the Chunar quarries ; and with the exception... | |
 | 1985 - 160 pages
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