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'The Observatory at Delhi.' Plate 19 from Antiquities of India. Twelve [i.e. Twenty four] views [taken in the years 1790 and 1793] from the drawings of Thomas Daniell.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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The Observatory at Delhi. Nos. XIX AND XX. THE OBSERVATORY AT DELHI. These plates contain views of the GREAT DIAL, with many other mural instruments for astronomical purposes, situated at a short distance, southward from the walls of the city of Delhi. Should it be thought these extraordina...
'The Observatory at Delhi.' Plate 20 from Antiquities of India. Twelve [i.e. Twenty four] views [taken in the years 1790 and 1793] from the drawings of Thomas Daniell.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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The Observatory at Delhi. Nos. XIX AND XX. THE OBSERVATORY AT DELHI. These plates contain views of the GREAT DIAL, with many other mural instruments for astronomical purposes, situated at a short distance, southward from the walls of the city of Delhi. Should it be thought these extraordina...
'A pavilion, belonging to an Hindoo Temple.' Plate 21 from Antiquities of India. Twelve [i.e. Twenty four] views [taken in the years 1790 and 1793] from the drawings of Thomas Daniell.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (17
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A pavilion, belonging to an Hindoo Temple. No. XXI. A PAVILION BELONGING TO AN HINDOO TEMPLE. This view was taken near Mavelaporam on the Coromandel coast. Most of the Hindoo Temples in the southern part of Hindoostan have attached pavilions, which in general are much decorated. They are pr...
'Interior of the Temple of Mandeswara near Chaynpore, Bahar.' Plate 22 from Antiquities of India. Twelve [i.e. Twenty four] views [taken in the years 1790 and 1793] from the drawings of Thomas Daniell. [in fact near Ramgarh]. Artist(s): Daniell, Thom
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Interior of the Temple of Mandeswara near Chaynpore, Bahar. No. XXII. INTERIOR OF THE TEMPLE OF MANDESWARA, NEAR CHAYNPORE, BAHAR. The only entrance to this Temple is shewn in Plate 13 of the present series. The plan of this apartment, being the principal one, is octagonal, with three recess...
'A Minar at Gour.' Plate 23 from Antiquities of India. Twelve [i.e. Twenty four] views [taken in the years 1790 and 1793] from the drawings of Thomas Daniell.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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A Minar at Gour. No. XXIII. A MINAR AT GOUR, Near the fort of the ancient city of Gour, on the eastern side, this Minar or Tower is erected; but by whom, or for what purpose, cannot now be clearly ascertained. Two thirds of this building from the base upwards is a polygon of twelve sides, th...
'The Cuttub Minar near Delhi.' Plate 24 from Antiquities of India. Twelve [i.e. Twenty four] views [taken in the years 1790 and 1793] from the drawings of Thomas Daniell.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
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The Cuttub Minar near Delhi. No. XXIV. THE CUTTUB MINAR. This celebrated Minar is situated about nine miles southward of the city of Shahjehanabad, (the modern appellation of Delhi,) and is reported to have been built by Cuttub Shah, who ascended the throne of Delhi A. D. 1205. The general f...
'The mountain of Ellora (first view).' Plate 1 from Hindoo excavations in the mountain of Ellora, near Aurungabad in the Deccan, in twenty-four views ... Engraved from the drawings of James Wales, by and under the direction of Thomas Daniell.. Artist(
'The mountain of Ellora (second view).' Plate 2 from Hindoo excavations in the mountain of Ellora, near Aurungabad in the Deccan, in twenty-four views ... Engraved from the drawings of James Wales, by and under the direction of Thomas Daniell.. Artist
'The mountain of Ellora (third view).' Plate 3 from Hindoo excavations in the mountain of Ellora, near Aurungabad in the Deccan, in twenty-four views ... Engraved from the drawings of James Wales, by and under the direction of Thomas Daniell.. Artist
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The mountain of Ellora (third view) Plates I. II. III. In these three plates, which together comprise a general view of the Mountain of Ellora, will be found, in their respective situations, and progressively numbered in the margin, the whole of the views contained in this work, excepting the ...
'Jagannatha Sabha.' Plate 4 from Hindoo excavations in the mountain of Ellora, near Aurungabad in the Deccan, in twenty-four views ... Engraved from the drawings of James Wales, by and under the direction of Thomas Daniell.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas
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Jagannatha Sabha. JAGANNATHA SABHA*. ‘Plate IV. Plans A.’ This view, which is one of the first shewn to a stranger, must strike him with astonishment, whether he considers the vast labour which must have been bestowed on it in mere excavation, the rock being of red granite; or whether he cons...