Lakhori bricks (original) (raw)
Lakhori bricks (also Badshahi bricks, Kakaiya bricks, Lakhauri bricks) are flat, thin, red burnt-clay bricks, originating from the Indian subcontinent that became increasingly popular element of Mughal architecture during Shah Jahan, 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 that were introduced by the colonial British India.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| dbo:abstract | Lakhori bricks (also Badshahi bricks, Kakaiya bricks, Lakhauri bricks) are flat, thin, red burnt-clay bricks, originating from the Indian subcontinent that became increasingly popular element of Mughal architecture during Shah Jahan, 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 that were introduced by the colonial British India. Several still surviving famous 17th to 19th century structures of Mughal India, characterized by jharokhas, jalis, fluted sandstone columns, ornamental gateways and grand cusped-arch entrances are made of lakhori bricks, including fort palaces (such as Red Fort), protective bastions and pavilions (as seen in Bawana Zail Fortess), havelis (such as Bagore-ki-Haveli, Chunnamal Haveli, Ghalib ki Haveli, Dharampura Haveli and Hemu's Haveli), temples and gurudwaras (such as in Maharaja Patiala's Bahadurgarh Fort), mosques and tombs (such as Mehram Serai, ), water wells and baoli stepwells (such as Choro Ki Baoli), bridges (such as Mughal bridge at Karnal), Kos minar road-side milestones (such as at Palwal along Grand Trunk Road) and other notable structures. (en) |
| dbo:thumbnail | wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Kos_minar,tirawadi,karnal.jpg?width=300 |
| dbo:wikiPageExternalLink | http://www.havelidharampura.com/about-haveli/ http://www.hindustantimes.com/rf/image_size_960x540/HT/p2/2017/02/19/Pictures/zail-bawana_adcb749a-f6ca-11e6-bee8-7b74d3637aa8.jpg |
| dbo:wikiPageID | 55903753 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageLength | 16592 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) |
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID | 1117804262 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink | dbr:Caste_system_in_India dbr:Punjab_region dbr:Molding_(decorative) dbr:Bawana_Fortress_of_Jat_Zail dbr:Arch dbr:Architecture_of_India dbr:Patiala dbr:Urdu dbr:Jaggery dbr:Jali dbr:Lime_(material) dbr:Lime_mortar dbr:Vigna_mungo dbc:Indian_architectural_history dbr:Mehram_Serai dbr:Pan-Islamism dbr:Dung_cakes dbr:Chunnamal_Haveli dbr:Ghalib_ki_Haveli dbr:Grand_Trunk_Road dbr:Moroccan_Darija dbr:Mughal_Empire dbr:Mughal_architecture dbr:Muslims dbr:Cornice dbr:Anil_Laul dbr:Maham dbr:Sikh_Empire dbr:Column dbr:Maharaja_of_Patiala dbr:Aurangzeb dbr:Bagore-ki-Haveli dbr:British_India dbr:British_raj dbc:Rajput_architecture dbr:Tomb_of_Ali_Mardan_Khan dbr:Jharokha dbr:Aegle_marmelos dbc:Building_materials dbc:Mughal_architecture_elements dbr:Brick dbr:North_India dbr:Pakistan dbr:Palwal dbr:Partition_of_India dbr:Fluting_(architecture) dbr:Islam_and_Sikhism dbr:Judeo-Yemeni_Arabic dbr:Kiln dbr:Kos_Minar dbr:Post_and_lintel dbr:Guru_Nanak dbr:Hemu's_Samadhi_Sthal dbr:Hindi dbr:Hindu dbr:Hindu–Islamic_relations dbr:Jat_people dbr:Taraori dbr:Karnal dbr:Karnal_district dbr:Lahore dbr:Lebanese_Arabic dbr:Trass dbr:Dharampura_Haveli dbr:Cladding_(construction) dbr:Indian_subcontinent dbr:Red_Fort dbr:Shah_Jahan dbr:Sandstone dbr:Nanak_Shahi_bricks dbr:Multifoil_arch dbr:Guru_Teg_Bahadur dbr:Haryana,_India dbr:Baoli dbr:Jharoka dbr:Guru_Govind_Singh dbr:Gurudwara dbr:Teele_Wali_Masjid |
| dbp:author | Restoration architect author Anil Laul (en) |
| dbp:caption | Kos Minar, built with lakhori bricks hidden underneath lime mortar, along Grand Trunk Road at Taraori in Karnal district of Haryana, India. (en) Contemporary 9 × 4¼ × 2¾ inches bricks are similar in dimension to "Ghumma bricks" introduced by British raj in early 20th century to replace lakhorie bricks that were less than 3/4 in every dimension. (en) Kos Minar, built with lakhori bricks, near the Tomb of Ali Mardan Khan at Lahore in present-day Pakistan. (en) |
| dbp:captionAlign | center (en) |
| dbp:image | Kos minar,tirawadi,karnal.JPG (en) commonindianbrick.jpg (en) By-ibneazhar-aik-kos-monument-lahore-pakistan-1 15978367131 o 20.jpg (en) |
| dbp:perrow | 2 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:source | Urban red herrings: excerpts from the "Green is Red" (en) |
| dbp:text | The lower the caste, the slimmer and smaller the brick, the higher the caste, the bigger the brick. It was not that they practiced or propagated the caste system. All that needs to be understood is that a poor person could use the local soil to burn slimmer and better bricks, using lesser fuel, to get a home that would withstand the vagaries of the elements and resist erosion and corrosion alike. In doing so, he could use even cow dung cakes as fuel for burning which would give him the desired brick. The rationale was obvious. The slimmer the brick- the lesser energy required to bake it. The higher caste could afford blending of clays and superior forms of fuel and transport produce over distances. (en) |
| dbp:title | Green is Red (en) |
| dbp:totalWidth | 300 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate | dbt:Multiple_image dbt:Quote dbt:Reflist dbt:Architecture_of_India |
| dct:subject | dbc:Indian_architectural_history dbc:Rajput_architecture dbc:Building_materials dbc:Mughal_architecture_elements |
| rdfs:comment | Lakhori bricks (also Badshahi bricks, Kakaiya bricks, Lakhauri bricks) are flat, thin, red burnt-clay bricks, originating from the Indian subcontinent that became increasingly popular element of Mughal architecture during Shah Jahan, 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 that were introduced by the colonial British India. (en) |
| rdfs:label | Lakhori bricks (en) |
| owl:sameAs | wikidata:Lakhori bricks https://global.dbpedia.org/id/4WeHB |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom | wikipedia-en:Lakhori_bricks?oldid=1117804262&ns=0 |
| foaf:depiction | wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/By-ibneazhar-aik-kos-...ahore-pakistan-1_15978367131_o_20.jpg wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Mughal1700.png wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Sikh_Empire_tri-lingual.jpg wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Kos_minar,tirawadi,karnal.jpg wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/commonindianbrick.jpg |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf | wikipedia-en:Lakhori_bricks |
| is dbo:wikiPageRedirects of | dbr:Badshahi_bricks dbr:Kakaiya_bricks |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of | dbr:Badshahi_bricks dbr:Bawana dbr:Bawana_Fortress_of_Jat_Zail dbr:Index_of_construction_articles dbr:Kakaiya_bricks dbr:Mehram_Serai dbr:Chunnamal_Haveli dbr:Ghalib_ki_Haveli dbr:Ghasera_Fort dbr:Maham dbr:Bagore-ki-Haveli dbr:Chawri_Bazar dbr:Dharampura_Haveli dbr:Mini_Qutub_Minar dbr:Nanak_Shahi_bricks |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of | wikipedia-en:Lakhori_bricks |
