History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c31.s6.4

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led to the Delhi gate (H) on the south, the other, which I believe was never quite finished, to the garden. In front, at the entrance, was the Naubat Khâna (A), or music hall, beneath which the visitor entered the second or great court of the palace, measuring 550 ft. north and south, by 385 ft. east and west. In the centre of this stood the Dîwân-i-’Âmm (B), or great audience hall of the palace, very similar in design to that of Agra, but more magnificent. Its dimensions are about 200 ft. by 100 ft. over all. In its centre is a highly ornamental niche, in which, on a platform of marble richly inlaid with precious stones,¹ and directly facing the entrance, once stood the celebrated peacock throne, the most gorgeous example of its class that perhaps even the East could ever boast of.² Behind this again was a garden-court; on its eastern side was the Rang Mahall (C), or painted hall, containing a bath and other apartments.