Akbar's mausoleum, Sikandra
data189/IND0617
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is *2222 (pmm).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 45°.
- Contains two squares.
- Contains four regular 8-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 90°.
- There are two non-regular reflective tiles.
- The tiling does not satisfy the two-colour condition.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 291 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Part 4, Plate ? (Fatehpur Sikri, Salim Chishti's Tomb, India) of E W Smith,. The Moghul Architecture of Fathpur-Sikri, Archaeological Survey of India, 1896. [smith2] (1581AD, 989AH)
- Photo by David Wade: IND 0824/30 (Fatehpur Sikri, Salim Chishti's Tomb, India) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}(1581AD, 989AH)
- Photo by David Wade: IND 0617 (Akbar's mausoleum, Sikandra, India) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}(1613AD, 1022AH)
Photographs
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Patterns using same irregular tiles: 8
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