Architecture at Ahmedabad the Capital of Goozerat Photographed by Colonel Biggs R.A.

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Architecture at Ahmedabad the Capital of Goozerat" is a detailed study of the architectural heritage of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Authored by James Fergusson, the work explores the city's rich history and diverse styles, including Hindu, Jain, and Islamic influences. It offers an in-depth examination of significant monuments, temples, and mosques, highlighting the unique blend of artistic traditions. The book serves as an essential resource for understanding Ahmedabad's architectural evolution and cultural legacy.

Sir Theodore Cracraft Hope KCSI CIE (9 December 1831-4 July 1915), often referred to as T. C. Hope, was a British born civil servant of the Government of India. His duties included Public Works, and he was an active layman of the Anglican Church.

Within two years of landing Hope became Inspector in Gujarat, India for the newly formed Education Department. With native scholars such as Dalpatram, he prepared a series of Gujarati textbooks which later came to be known as Hope Vachanmala (Hope's Readers). Next he served Sir George Clerk, the Governor, as private secretary, and then was given charge of the Ahmedabad district, where he pursued his archaeological hobbies, and when he came home on long leave in 1865-66 he published three large works of the architectural monuments of Ahmedabad, Bijapur, and Dharwar. Returning to India, he spent eight years as Collector of Surat.

James Fergusson (1808-1886) was a Scottish architectural historian and archaeologist. He is best known for his comprehensive work on the history of architecture, including Indian, Middle Eastern, and Western traditions. Fergusson's meticulous studies and publications significantly contributed to the understanding and appreciation of ancient architecture and heritage conservation.

The expense of producing illustrated works of the description contemplated being necessarily so heavy that, oven if sold at cost price they would be within the reach of a comparatively small portion of the public, certain native gentlemen volunteered, for the honour of their country and the greater diffusion of an acquaintance with it, each to take one volume under his patronage and contribute £1000 towards its publication. Mr. Premelhund Raichund, a Jain and a native of Goozerat, has very liberally taken under his patronage two volumes, of which this is one, and the other, containing some of the principal edifices in Dharwar and Mysore, will appear shortly. A third volume, containing architecture at Beejapoor, an old Mahometan capital in the Deccan, will appear simultaneously with this, under the patronage of Mr. Kursondas Madhowdas. The three works have been produced under the gratuitous editorship and superintendenco of Mr. T. C. Hope, of the Bombay Civil Service, who has likewise presented the historical and descriptive sketch contained in this volume. It is hoped that they may ultimately be followed by three more: the first embracing the early Hindoo and Jaina architecture of Goozerat; the second, the Cave-Temples of Western India; and the third, the old cities of Wurungol, Kuleán, Golconda, Goolburga, etc., together with the Hill Forts of the Deccan, and other miscellaneous objects of interest.