Notes on the Geography of Peninsular India: Chennai / Madras 2: British Public Buildings: Photo 11
Well away from the fort, the National Art Gallery (originally the Empress Victoria Memorial Hall and Technical institute) was completed in 1909 and is a loose copy of the Buland Darwaza, or "lofty gateway" at Fatehpur Sikri. The stone is an easy-to-carve pink sandstone from Tada, about 40 miles to the north.
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