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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 125 Subject Buddhist Monasteries

1. Photo 125/1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(13)
Title:
[Interior of] Cave XIX, Ajanta. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Photograph of Cave 19 at Ajanta. This cave contains a very well executed chaitya hall. The facade is dominated by a large horseshoe-shaped arched window. The interior is very elaborate and is divided into three aisles by two rows of columns. These have capitals adorned by Buddha figures, flying ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 125/1(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(18)
Title:
[Facade of Cave IX, Ajanta.] Photographer: Gill, Robert
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the facade of Cave 9, at Ajanta. The thirty magnificent cave temples of Ajanta are situated in a horse-shoe valley of the Waghora river in West India and consist of prayer halls (chaityas) and monasteries (viharas), built for the Buddhist community who lived there. The first group ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 125/1(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(29)
Title:
[Right side of the nave, Cave XIX, Ajanta.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the right side of the nave, Cave 19, Ajanta. The thirty magnificent cave temples of Ajanta are situated in a horse-shoe valley of the Waghora river in West India and consist of prayer halls (chaityas) and monasteries (viharas), built for the Buddhist community who lived there. The ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 125/4(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/4(4)
Title:
Chaityas (tis) at Pagan. Photographer: Oertel, Frederick Oscar
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Published in George W. Bird, Wanderings in Burma (Bournemouth and London, 1897). Printed version from the slides used by Temple to illustrate a lecture on Developments in Buddhist Architecture. See the list Titles of Slides accompanying this collection. Note on ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 125/4(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/4(5)
Title:
Pagoda at Pagan with model of the Mahabodhi. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Printed version from the slides used by Temple to illustrate a lecture on 'Developments in Buddhist Architecture'. See the list Titles of Slides accompanying this collection. Note on the mount reads: 'Intermediate chaitya - [h]ti on top of the sikra'. Subjects...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item