5 Mihrab Graveyard at Vasant Vihar (Mission for Indian History and Archaeology)
New Delhi, India

1959-62 Survey


Located approximately 800 m northwest of Munīrkā village. Grid ref. E-10

This graveyard is built on a plinth. It has a wall mosque with a miḥrāb in the center, side walls, and bastion-like turrets on both ends. There are openings in the wall on either side of the miḥrāb. Period III.

IOC: VII-22; ASI: II-325


ムニールカー部落の北西約800メートルにある。附図.E-10

この墓地は,基壇の上にあり,ミフラーブと袖壁,および両端にバスティオン風の小塔をもつ礼拝壁をそなえている。中央ミフラーブの左右は,背後に貫かれている。第Ⅲ期。

東研.Ⅶ-22;ASI.Ⅱ-325


2015-18 Survey


This structure could not be found in the 2015 and 2018 surveys.


[現状] 2015・18年の調査では存在を確認することができなかった。

[全体構成]東側に基壇部が広がり、基壇の南東隅と北東隅には8角形断面の突出部を備え、東辺中央に階段の痕跡があり、門があった。南辺と北辺の中央にも門の痕跡が残る。Monuments of Delhiによれば1.2m高21m四方の基壇で、囲い内には数基の墓石があった。

[壁モスク]中央ミフラーブを立上げ、その両脇アーチを大きく開口する。中央ミフラーブ背後両脇に円形突出部をもつ。頂部飾は壁のみに回る。円形ボルジュ上に花弁型リブ・ドームを冠する。ボルジュ東側に西壁と同高の袖壁が続き、このアーチもミフラーブ両脇アーチ同様に開口する。西壁や袖壁を大きく開口する点は特異で、かなりの規模の壁モスクであった。


[Paragraphs 2nd to 4th from the 2015-18 Survey are translated using DeepL.com]

[Overall composition] The base extends to the east, with an octagonal section protruding from the south-eastern and north-eastern corners of the base, with traces of a staircase in the centre of the eastern side and a gate. Traces of a gate also remain in the centre of the southern and northern sides. According to the Monuments of Delhi, the platform was 1.2m high and 21m square, and there were several tombstones within the enclosure.

[Wall mosque] The central mihrab is raised and its flanking arches are wide openings. Circular projection behind the central mihrab on both sides. The apex ornament goes around the wall only. Capped by a petal-shaped ribbed dome over a circular borge. Sleeve walls on the east side of the borges are as high as the west wall, and these arches are also open, as are the arches on both sides of the mihrab. The large openings in the west wall and sleeve walls are unique, and it was a walled mosque of considerable size.


Map Reference : Grid ref. E-10.

IOC Reference : G15, VII-22

ASI Reference : II-325.

Archived IOC Site Record: https://perma.cc/6K52-MBGH


Mission Credit Line : Mission for Indian History and Archaeology, University of Tokyo, in 1959-60 , 1961-62: the Resurvey of the Delhi Monuments, Research and Information Center for Asian Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo in 2015-18.

Location

Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, India

Images & Videos

Associated Collections

Style Periods

Dimensions

21m² in plan and rises to a height of 1.2 meters.

Site Types

funerary

Materials/Techniques

Keywords

Related Sites