Dig in eastern Rajasthan, India, is one of the last masterpieces in the tradition of Indian garden palaces. It fused elements of the past in a highly original creation. Much admired by nineteenth-century European travellers, it subsequently became embroiled in debates about classifying Indian architecture - 'Hindu or 'Muslim' - in which the integrity of garden and palace was largely overlooked. Dig initially seemed to provide a template for Mayo College in Ajmer, which was intended to define a new imperial style for India but in the end was 'lost in translation'. More recently, Dig's gardens have suffered badly from neglect and are rarely visited by tourists.
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