Lexicographical Neighbors of Minar
Literary usage of Minar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Indian and Eastern Architecture by James Fergusson (1899)
"The Kutub minar, or great minaret, is 48 ft. ... Above this the minar is plain,
and principally of white marble, with belts of the same red sandstone of ..."
2. Afghanistan by Angus Hamilton (1906)
"Near at hand is the minar Kalan, feet at the base and tapering to a height of
... I Russian hospital THE minar KALAN, BOKHARA and dispensary 1 The houses, ..."
3. Foreign Topography; Or, An Encyclopedick Account, Alphabetically Arranged by Thomas Dudley Fosbroke (1828)
"The grand platform, which supports all the others; 2. the Chehel minar terrace; 3.
the terrace which sustains the edifice of the double chamber ; 4. another ..."
4. Asiatic Researches; Or, Transactions of the Society, Instituted in Bengal by India) Asiatick Society (Calcutta, Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vernor and Hood (1807)
"The exterior part of the minar is fluted into twenty-seven semicircular and
angular divisions, upon which is written a good deal of a very ancient Arabic ..."
5. Archaeological Survey of India: Reports by Archaeological Survey of India (1874)
"I now proceed to detail the intimate connexion that exists between the minar and
the temple as it stood in the Hindu period. ..."
6. Report of a Tour in Eastern Rajputana in 1882-83 by Alexander Cunningham (1885)
"CHOR-minar. The Chor-Mindr, or " Thieves' Pillar," is a round tower, ... The minar
is a round tower, 26 feet in height, with a lower diameter of 21 feet and ..."
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