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A gateway built during the seventeenth century in Delhi 59

The Pearl Mosque at Delhi 59

The Hall of Private Audience in the Palace, Delhi 61

Jumma Musjid, Delhi 61

The tomb of Emperor Humayun 64

Northern colonnade of the Islam mosque, showing ruined arch 66

Kutub Minar, the Tower of Victory in Old Delhi 68

Gateway leading to Taj Mahal 70

Taj Mahal 70

Screen in Taj Mahal 70

Shah Jahan and his wife in whose memory the Taj was built 70

Agra Palace and part of wall and gateway to the fort 73

An Octagon Tower of the Agra Palace 73

The Pearl Mosque 74

Akbar's tomb in Sikandra 74

General view of Fatehpur-Sikri 77

A column in the Audience Hall (Diwan-i-Khas) 78

Jasmine Tower and distant view of the Taj 81

The ghat at Cawnpore 81

The Residency at Lucknow 82

Bathing ghat, Benares 84

Burning ghat, Benares, where cremations occur 84

The Tope of Sarnath and the Jain Temple near Benares 86

A view of Darjeeling and the Kanchanjanga Range 89

A Nepaulese group 91

The Government House in Calcutta 94

An avenue of palms in the Botanical Gardens 96

Fort Dufferin and the moat, Mandalay 98

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