History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c26.s2.2

v2.c26.s2.2

³ Gen. Cunningham’s ‘Archæological Reports,’ vol. ii. p. 260. But though the inner court—the Qûwat-ul-Islâm—at Delhi was the whole mosque as originally designed; yet before the death of Altamsh, who was the real builder of both, the screen of arches at Delhi had been extended to 380 ft. as compared with the 200 ft. at Ajmîr, and the court-yards of the two mosques are nearly in the same proportion, their whole superficial area being 72,000 ft. at Ajmîr, as compared with 152,000 ft. at Delhi.