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CHAP. VIII. KULBARGA. 265 as India, and nowhere, so far as I know, was it ever even attempted to modify this by awnings. On the Kulbarga plan, on the contrary, the solid roof covering the whole space afforded 409. Half elevation half section of the Mosque at Kulbarga. Scale 50 ft. to i in. 410. View of the Mosque at Kulbarga. (From a Photograph. protection from the sun's rays to all worshippers, and every aisle being open at one or both ends, prevented anything like gloom,