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Lakhori bricks

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Lakhori bricks or Badshahi bricks or Kakaiya bricks, are flat thin red colored burnt clay bricks that became increasingly popular element of mughal architecture during Shah Jahan era and remained so till early 20th century when lakhori bricks and similar Nanak Shahi bricks were replaced by the larger standard 9"x4"x3" bricks called ghumma bricks (ghumma eent) introduced by the colonial british raj. [1]

9 relations: Bagore-ki-Haveli, Bawana, Bawana Fortress of Jat Zail, Chunnamal Haveli, Dharampura Haveli, Ghalib ki Haveli, Maham, Mehram Serai, Nanak Shahi bricks.

Bagore-ki-Haveli

Bagore-ki-Haveli is a haveli in Udaipur in Rajasthan state in India.

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Bawana

Bawana, founded in 1168 CE, is a census town in the North West district of Delhi, India.

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Bawana Fortress of Jat Zail

Bawana Fortress or Bawana Zail, also Bawana Jail and Bawana tehsil is a historic fortress at Bawana in Delhi in India, it was built in 1860s by Jat chaudhary (chiefs) of the area who became zaildar of Bawana zail during the British raj.

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Chunnamal Haveli

Lala Chunnamal ki Haveli (छुन्नामल की हवेली) is a rare haveli (old-style Indian courtyard mansion) surviving in a well-preserved condition within the old Delhi area.

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Dharampura Haveli

Dharampura Haveli, built in 1887 CE and currently owned by BJP leader Vijay Goel, is a 19th-century haveli in Chandani Chowk area of old Delhi that as awarded a special mention in UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2017.

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Ghalib ki Haveli

Ghalib ki Haveli (غالب کی حویلی ALA-LC: lit. "Ghalib's Mansion") was the residence of the 19th century Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib and is now a heritage site located in the Gali Qasim Jan, Ballimaran, Old Delhi and reflects the period when the Mughal era was on the decline in India.

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Maham

Meham is a small city, sub-division, tehsil and a municipal committee in Rohtak district in the Indian state of Haryana.

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Mehram Serai

Mehram ki Serai is a 17th-century caravanserai listed as a protected monument by the ASI, located on the land owned by the Ministry of Defence in the north-east corner of IGI airport.

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Nanak Shahi bricks

Nanak Shahi bricks (ਨਾਨਕਸ਼ਾਹੀ ਇੱਟ) were decorative bricks used for structural walls during the Mughal era.

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Badshahi bricks, Kakaiya bricks.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakhori_bricks

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