the hira mahal is the famous monument in delhi made of red sandstone.
the hira mahal is the famous monument in delhi made of red sandstone.
name the famous monument in delhi made of red sandstone?
the hira mahal
the mosque and red fort were planned to be a larger planned city named shahjahanbad. the mosque is considered as the best among all mosques built during the mughal empire as it has the best mixture of marble and limestone. the mosque has three great gates, four towers and two 40-metre tall minarets constructed of strips of red sandstone and smooth white marble. the northern gate has 39 steps and the southern side has 33 steps. the eastern gate was the royal entrance and has 35 steps. out of all these gateways, the eastern one, which was used by the emperors, remains closed during weekdays. the mosque is built on a red sandstone porch, which is about from ground level and spreads over 1200 square metres. the dome is flanked by two lofty minarets which are high and consists of 130 steps, longitudinally striped with marble and red sandstone. the minarets consist of five storeys, each with a protruding balcony. the adjoining edifices are filled with calligraphy. the first three storeys of the minarets are made of red sandstone, the fourth of marble and the fifth of sandstone.
jama masjid, delhi
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the new red sandstone, chiefly in british geology, is composed of beds of red sandstone and associated rocks laid down throughout the permian (280 million years ago) to the end of the triassic (about 200 million years ago), that underlie the jurassic-triassic age penarth group. the name distinguishes it from the old red sandstone which is largely devonian in age, and with which it was originally confused due to their similar composition.
new red sandstone