Shish Gumbad, Delhi

From the archive record

There exist two patterns in the tomb built during the rule of Lodi Sultans (1451-1526) :Square and ooctagonal. This tomb and the Bada-Gumbad to its south are square on plan. With its facade divided horizontally by a string source and with series of sunk niches running above and below it, it has an external semblance of being double storyed. Its western wall is provided with a Mihrab (Arch) which served as a mosque while the other sides have a central enterance set in a projecting frame. This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV an