CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY

36 Pillar Mandapa, Adoni, AP

A Sites, AIIS, CA&A

A fight of steps from the main road leads to an open area just outside the Dargah, which consists of a porch and two small, square rooms. This Dargah house the graves of Hazrat Imam Nasiruddin, a direct descendant of the holy Prophet and his young nephew Ibrahim. Porch is spanned with a flat ceiling supported by columns embellished with ornate capitals. Dargah is covered with two domes topped with finials, supported on the interior by squinches. Ceilings of the main shrine are decorated in plaster and colour. The structure has been altered over a period of time and is in a good condition.

Abhapur (Polo), Sabarkantha, Gujarat

An inscription from Dashapura/Mandasor records that an official at the court of the Aulikaras of Dashapura, named Daksha, excavated a well in memory of his deceased uncle, Abhayadatta, in 532 AD. The stepped well is not preserved intact, but a deep trench still remains that was until the 1970s was identified as Abhay-koop, or Abhaya’s well.

Ablur, Karnataka