THE GREAT INDIAN MUSEUM FOR LONDON. It is proposed to build an immense Indian museum in London on a site almost opposite the Houses of Parliament. The building, according to the design illustrated above, would cost between £700,000 and £8OO,OOO. It would face south, as all Indian buildings should do, and to spectators, whether from the terrace of the House of Commons or from the Westminster Bridge or from the Embankment, the home of treasures from the great Indian Empire would offer a sight at once noble and inspiring.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 19, 9 November 1910, Page 27
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89THE GREAT INDIAN MUSEUM FOR LONDON. It is proposed to build an immense Indian museum in London on a site almost opposite the Houses of Parliament. The building, according to the design illustrated above, would cost between £700,000 and £8OO,OOO. It would face south, as all Indian buildings should do, and to spectators, whether from the terrace of the House of Commons or from the Westminster Bridge or from the Embankment, the home of treasures from the great Indian Empire would offer a sight at once noble and inspiring. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 19, 9 November 1910, Page 27
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