 The plinth is a polygon of twenty sides : the basement story has the same number of faces formed into convex flutes which are alternately angular and semicircular, the next has semicircular flutes, and in the third they are all angular. Then rises a plain...  Four Reports Made During the Years, 1862-63-64-65 - Page 197by Sir Alexander Cunningham - 1871Full view - About this book
 | Asia - 1865 - 1024 pages
...polygon of 24 sides, each side measuring 6 feet 1} inches, or altogether 147 feet The basement story has the same number of faces formed into convex flutes,...two flutes of the same kind together. In the second Btory the flutes are all semi-circular, and in the third story they are all angular. The fourth story... | |
 | Archaeological Survey of India - Excavations (Archaeology) - 1871 - 570 pages
...feet 11 inches. The base or plinth of the Kutb Minar is a polygon of 24 sides, each side measuring G feet 1 ^ inches, or altogether 147 feet. The basement...are all semi-circular, and in the third storey they arc all angular. The fourth storey is circular and plain, and the fifth storey is partially fluted... | |
 | Edward Backhouse Eastwick, John Murray (Firm) - Bengal - 1882 - 476 pages
...is a polygon of 24 sides, each side measuring В ft. Ц in., altogether 147 ft. The basement story has the same number of faces formed into convex flutes, which are alternately angular and semicircular. In the 2nd story the flutes are all semicircular, and in the 3rd story they are all angular. The 4th... | |
 | Sir George William Forrest - India - 1903 - 382 pages
...of the lower story twice the diameter. The plinth is a polygon of twenty sides : the basement story has the same number of faces formed into convex flutes which are alternately angular and semicircular, the next has semicircular flutes, and in the third they are all angular. Then rises a plain story,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1903 - 806 pages
...of the lower story twice the diameter. The plinth is a polygon of twenty sides ; the busement story has the same number of faces formed into convex flutes which are alternately angular and semi-circnlar, the next has semi-circular flutes, and in the third they are all angular. Then rises... | |
 | 1900 - 620 pages
...of the lower story twice the diameter. The plinth is a polygon of twenty sides : the basement story has the same number of faces formed into convex flutes which are alternately angular and semicircular, the next has semicircular flutes, and in the third they are all angular. Then rises a plain story,... | |
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