Canopy Tomb at Muhammadpur (Mission for Indian History and Archaeology)New Delhi, India
1959-62 Survey
Located in Muhammadpur village. Grid ref. F-10
This is a domed building with a square plan, a miḥrāb on the west, and entrances on the other three sides. The designs above the miḥrāb, and the numerous circle designs flanking the arches inside the tomb room, are the salient features of this building. Period III.
IOC: VII-4; ASI: II-308
ムハンマドプル部落の内部にある。附図.F-10
ドームをいただく四角平面の建物で,西にミヒラーブをもち,他の三方に入口を開いている。ミヒラーブ上方の文様と,墓室内部のアーチの両肩にみられる多くの円形文様とが,目立った特徴をなしている。第Ⅲ期。
東研.Ⅶ-4;ASI.Ⅱ-308
2015-18 Survey
The surrounding buildings crowd this structure, which is used by local residents for storage. Most of the interior stucco has fallen off, and only the rectangular niche in the upper part of the mihrab remains of the stucco decoration. Inside the mihrab is a statue of a Hindu god.
[現状]周囲に建物が迫り、住民によって納屋として使われる。内部はスタッコの大半が剥落し、ミフラーブ上部のスタッコ装飾は4角いアーチ型を残すのみで、ミフラーブ内にはヒンドゥーの神が祀られる。
[平面]Monuments of Delhiによると、内法5.8m四方。西にミフラーブをもち、3方を開口する壁式ドーム建築。
[外観]ミフラーブは外側に突出し、3方開口部も同様な突出部でアーチを枠取る。突出部は両脇よりも一段高く構成、アーチ両側上部に矩形の枠を分節し、青いタイルが一部現存する。開口部にはアーチ内に梁柱を挿入する。壁面と8角ドラムの多弁形浮彫頂部飾を回し、ドームは釣鐘型で大きな蓮弁をのせる。
[内観]スクインチ・アーチで8角形を導き、隅に小アーチを挿入して16連小アーチのドラムを立上げ、ドームを導く。移行部下層の8つの2重アーチをコの字型に枠取り、スクインチ・アーチ内は錘状持送で一曲面とする。移行部上層の16のアーチは、一つおきに浅い曲面と平面を繰り返す。西面はアーチ全面をスタッコ浮彫、下部にアーチ形を穿つ。室内8つのアーチと移行部上部の16のアーチには大型のメダイオンを挿入し、手の込んだ浮彫装飾を有する。内部壁面両脇にはアーチ型を分節し、中央アーチ脇に小アーチを挿入する。移行部下層の8つのアーチ下部に繰型が挿入される点は珍しい。
(Paragraphs 2nd, 3rd and 4th from the 2015-18 Survey are translated using Google Translate )
[Plan] According to the Monuments of Delhi, the interior dimensions are 5.8m square. It is a wall-type dome building with a mihrab to the west and openings on three sides.
[Exterior] The mihrab protrudes outward, and similar protrusions frame the arches of the openings on all three sides. The protrusions are one step higher than either side, with segmented rectangular frames at the top of both sides of the arches, and some blue tiles still remain. Beams have been inserted into the arches at the openings. The walls and an octagonal drum have a multi-petaled relief crown ornament, and the dome is bell-shaped and topped with large lotus petals.
[Interior view] Squinch arches form the octagon, and small arches are inserted at the corners to create a drum of 16 small arches, which then form the dome. The eight double arches in the lower level of the transitional section are framed in a U-shape, and the interior of the squinch arches has a single curved surface with conical corbels. The 16 arches in the upper level of the transitional section alternate between shallowly curved and flat surfaces. The entire west side arches are decorated with stucco reliefs, and the lower arches are perforated. Large medallions are inserted into the eight arches in the interior and the 16 arches in the upper part of the transitional section, and they have elaborate relief decorations. The arches are segmented on both sides of the interior walls, and small arches are inserted next to the central arch. It is unusual that mouldings are inserted into the lower parts of the eight arches in the lower level of the transitional section.
Map Reference: Grid ref. F-10
IOC Reference: T37, VII-4
ASI Reference: II-308
Archived IOC Site Record: https://perma.cc/JFA2-JSJF
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 Centre for Asian Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo, in 2015-18.