Monuments of the Past – Object #6

Jama Masjid

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<p>The color photograph shows a multi-story red sandstone mosque with two parapets and two domes. The corner of the building in the center of the photograph has an open tower covered by a smaller dome. The sky is blue and cloudless and there is green grass and a sidewalk at the bottom of the photograph. Approximately twenty people appear in the photograph, many wearing white, and some with head coverings. They appear very small next to the large building.</p>

Photograph of Jama Masjid, Delhi, India, from a scrapbook kept by Arkansan Jeanne Hamilton, who traveled to the site.

Questions:

What do you think was the purpose of this building?

What conclusions can you draw about the people who built this structure?

Citations

Jeane Hamilton Arkansas Arts Center traveling seminar scrapbooks (UALR.FY2017.02), UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture