[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Histoire de la dernière révolution des États du Grand Mogol](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier) › [Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable) › 5.7.8 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 5.7.8 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 5.7.8 - **Language:** English ### [5.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.7.8) The end of the Mosque alone is covered: the space between the three domes and the principal entrance is without any roof; the extreme heat of the climate rendering such an opening absolutely necessary. The whole is paved with large slabs of marble. I grant that this building is not constructed according to those rules of architecture which we seem to think ought to be implicitly followed; yet I can perceive no fault that offends the taste; every part appears well contrived, properly executed, and correctly proportioned. I am satisfied that even in Paris a church erected after the model of this temple would be admired, were it only for its singular style of architecture, and its extraordinary appearance. With the exception of the three great domes, and the numerous turrets, which are all of white marble, the Mosque is of a red colour, as if built with large slabs of red marble: although it consists of a species of stone, cut with great facility, but apt to peel off in flakes after a certain time. The natives pretend that the quarries from which it is taken reproduce the stone by degrees : this, if true, is very remarkable ; but whether or not they rightly attribute it to the water which fills the quarries every year, I cannot decide. - [Previous: 5.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.7.7) - [Next: 5.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.8.1) - [Up: 5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.5.7.8) · Pramāṇa