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MIDDLEMISS : KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



Gulden Mosque. 



On the summit of each, minar are eight pillars supporting a 

 cupola : several of these pillars are cracked, and there is danger of 

 the cupolas falling. The eight spaces between the pillars are alter- 

 nately open and bricked-up, in pursuance of some religious idea, 

 and in the N. W. minar, the four masses of brickwork between 

 the pillars have all fallen. 



The Golden Mosque is a much smaller mosque. At the N. W. 

 and S. \V. corners of the court, and joined through- 

 out half their height to the sanctuary, are 

 two minarets originally crowned with cupolas of gilt brass. These 

 cupolas have fallen, first on to the walls enclosing the sacred area 

 fracturing the brickwork, and ultimately into the streets. The minarets, 

 though somewhat slender, were undamaged. 



The height of the minarets was 40 \ feet and the diameter of the 

 more or less spherical cupolas was about 4 feet . The cupola on 

 the S. was projected 8 h feet away from the centre of the minaret base, 

 and in a direction S. 30° W. The cupola on the N. was projected 

 11 feet away from the centre of its minaret base, falling W. 30° N. It 

 will be noticed that these directions are at right angles. (Fig. 41.) 



