Chunar stone

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Chunar stone or Red-spotted sandstone is a kind of reddish or buff-colored, finely grained, hard

Mirzapur District of Uttar Pradesh, and widely used in the architecture of India.[1][2][3]

Background

Notable buildings and monuments carved from chunar stone include:

References

  1. ^ Medlicott, Henry Benedict (1881). A Manual of the Geology of India: Economic geology. Geological Survey Office. p. 544.
  2. ISBN 81-219-0887-6
    , p.349
  3. ISBN 9788131711200
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  4. ISBN 0-19-564445-X
    , pp.267-70
  5. ^ Banerjee, Jacqueline. "St Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata, India, by William Nairn Forbes: The First Victorian Cathedral". The Victorian Web.
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