Rudabai Vav

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Rudabai Vav

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…the new capital of Ahmadabad—the Rudabai Vav and the Dada Harir Vav. Both are five stories deep with octagonal subterranean pools, each commissioned by a female patron. Although the Rudabai Vav boasts three separate entrances (a rarity), it and the Dada Harir Vav are conceptual cousins, built virtually simultaneously just…
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…the new capital of Ahmadabad—the Rudabai Vav and the Dada Harir Vav. Both are five stories deep with octagonal subterranean pools, each commissioned by a female patron. Although the Rudabai Vav boasts three separate entrances (a rarity), it and the Dada Harir Vav are conceptual cousins, built virtually simultaneously just…
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