24 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [January, 191n. 



front openings), of which the southernmost one 

 is fallen with the roof. Above the stone pillars 

 rise brick arches that originally held up ten low 

 hemispherical domes, in two rows of five each, of 

 which only seven now remain, the front live and 

 the back two. Much of it in ruins. 



[See the half- plan, fig. 1.] 

 2. Baradwari Mosque of Chota Pandua,— 1st quarter of 



Pandua, Baradwari. * he \*\ century (?). Ex- 

 ternally 231' x 42'. In th. 

 hall, pillars, 6 ft. high, 42, in two rows of 21 each, 

 m varying size and shape, about half uncarvetl, 

 the rest carved with garlands ending in bell, etc., 

 some octagonal, others square at the base ind 

 octagonal above ; openings 27 (21 + 3 + 3) ; in the 

 back-wall 21 prayer niches or mihrabs corres- 

 ponding to 21 openings in front, the niches well 

 carved on the top and at the sides; above the 

 pillars spring brick arches supporting 63 low 

 hemispherical domes, in 3 rows of 21 each, many 

 damaged ; several carvings traceable on the front 

 wall though more or less dilapidated: in the 

 JN.W. corner a high masonry platform with a 

 smalljoom on it, said to have been the chillah- 

 khana or resting-house of the saint, but more 

 likely the zenana portion. Much of it in ruins. 



[ See half-plan, fig. 2.] 



Their architectural details reveal several peculiarities, due 

 Hindu Influence. partly to the age, and partly to the country, 

 details arp h™»M xj- J 10 " gh the S eneral P*an is Saracenic, the 

 the froSTw^l y T Hmdu !? tic ' Th * ^rvings on the pillars, on 

 copies of ml r ° Und the Pra * er niches > are ra ° ie °r less 

 the TeomeWoan ^T^^ 0118 ' the ^seUated garlands and 

 ^lST^^^!? Win S« 8 belD S 8 P ecial] y noticeable. The 



tCdiSfi^ Q 0m the Pillar8 ' With0ut ™y Pendentivis, 

 bunt u To L * ?aracemc examples. The domes are also 



each become I i? rmgS ,° f bricks ' ° nerin S abo ^ e «» other > 

 top o P e n r i^Tfu and Smaller in circumference, until the 

 -flSj'S by a St ° ne ' J Ust » in Hindu towers built 



°*^M^^\t*** -tural During the first 

 were mostlv TwE? if !' governors and their chief amh> 



ate For the nr^r^' ^ S ° ldierS ' but rude a * d m ^- 

 neeessltv • but P the, hn/ f* 1 * 1 ^™' prayer-places were a 

 build hem bv S n0t SUfficient taste or attainments to 



«on prop^ » te « H r,^!^.«!* ««*~ 



Hindu 



