Mughal Architecture: Red Fort

Views of the Outer Walls

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An exterior view of the rampant of the Red Fort. The walls are 60 to 75 feet high and the fortress is surrounded on three sides by water filled moat while one side the river Yamuna provides a natural barrier.

References

Asher, Catharine B. Architecture of Mughal India. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Blake, Stephen. Shahjahanabad. The Sovereign City in Mughal India 1639-1739. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Richards, John. The Mughal Empire. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1993.

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