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Description
Property Name: Elephant Gate, Hathiya Pol
Inventory No: 91-5619-4
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-06-11
Country (State party): India
Province: Uttar Pradesh
Town: Fatehpur Sikri
Geographic coordinates: 27° 5′ 49.84″ N
77° 39′ 49.95″ E
Historic Period: 16th century, 2nd half
Year of Construction:
Style: Mughal
Original Use: Gate
Current Use: Gate
Architect: Unknown
Significance
The gate is the imperial entrance to Fatehpur Sikri with a drum-chamber (naqqar khana) for ceremonial entrances. This gate is unique in the whole palace complex with its fortification.
Selection Criteria
iv. to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
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References
Rizvi, Saiyid A.A. and Vincent JA Flynn. 1975. Fatehpur Sikri, Taraporevala.
Asher, Catherine. 1992. The New Cambridge History of India: Architecture of Mughal India. Cambridge University Press, 58-59.
Ed. Zeenut Ziad Foreword by Milo Cleveland Beach, The Magnificient Mughals, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002