1866.] 



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Next as regards the enclosure walls. At B, the original angle of 

 Kutb-ud-din's mosque is plainly discernible, and there is so great a 

 difference in the style and quality of the masonry, that we can easily 

 see that the north wing is a later addition. 



It is also evident that this latter is of the same date as the wall 

 between E and F, a comparison of which with the wall between F 

 and Gr, shews the following marked differences. In the first the 

 stones are discoloured and weathered, — the remains of some older 

 building — and a plain string course runs along the wall just below the 

 springing level of the window arches : — in the second, the stones are 

 clean, sharp and grey, evidently cut new for the work, and the string 

 course is omitted : the junction of the two styles at F is clearly dis- 

 tinguishable. But the difference of style is most distinctly marked 

 in the windows; those in E, F, are covered with lintels resting on 

 corbels, a false horizontal arch being recessed on the outer face : those 

 in F, Gr, have regular arches, with true voussoirs, running through the 

 whole thickness of the wall. 



Sketch of Windows in JE, F. 

 Elevation. 



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