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gallery twelve feet broad all round. Access to the gallery is provided by a narrow staircase which is hidden in the wall. Though very little of ornament is associated with it the three architectural features which distinguish this monument—namely, the octagon platform, the piers of pointed arches and its gallery entitle it to a place of honour among the
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It is believed that the structure was planned to be seven-storey but only three were built. The building is plain and having eight sided platform. By the simple contrivance of a stone terrace built about twelve feet high and 100 yards broad, the tomb seems to rise with considerable dignity from the
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The tomb of
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Salabat Khan and one of his wives -are covered by a dome supported on three piers of elegant pointed arches. On its octagonal plan the monument rises like a tower from a twelve foot wide base to a height of seventy feet and there projects from its interior face a continuous
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who ascended the throne in 1565. A great statesman, Salabat Khan was appointed minister in 1579, after the half-mad
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