Fragment of the arch of a sculptured Jain torana (reverse side), from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
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Drawing of this piece reproduced in Vincent A. Smith, 'The Jain Stupa and other antiquities of Mathura' (Allahabad, 1901), pl. 19: 'There is nothing in the sculptures of this torana to indicate whether the ceremony depicted was Jain or Buddhist; but the fact that the slabs were found not far fro...
General view of excavations of the Jain stupa at Kankali Tila, Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along excavated trench. Reproduced in photogravure in Vincent A. Smith, 'The Jain Stupa and other antiquities of Mathura' (Allahabad, 1901), pl. 2, where Smith comments that the photograph, 'in the absence of explanatory notes recorded at the time, ...
View of the Jain stupa as excavated, Kankali Tila, Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
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Genre: Architectural Photography Reproduced in photogravure in Vincent A. Smith, 'The Jain Stupa and other antiquities of Mathura' (Allahabad, 1901), pl. 4.
General view of the Jami Masjid, Mathura. Photographer: Caney, W.
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking across the court towards the main façade of the mosque. The interiors of the three arches are decorated with encaustic tiling.
Front view of an ancient inscribed statue, perhaps a yaksha, Parkham, Mathura District. Photographer: Unknown
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Parkham is situated between Agra and Mathura, about 14 miles from the latter. The statue is described in A. Cunningham, 'Report of a tour in Eastern Rajputana in 1882-83' (A.S.I. vol. XX, Calcutta, 1885), pp. 40-41: 'Parkham is remarkable for the possession of the oldest statue that has yet been...
Fragment of an ancient statue of female figures, locally called Astabhuji (eight-armed), from Bihar, Partabgarh District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Described in A. Cunningham, 'Report of tours in the Gangetic Provinces from Badaon to Bihar, in 1875-76 and 1877-78' (A.S.I. vol. XI, Calcutta, 1880), pp. 64-67.
Rear view of fragment of an ancient statue of female figures, locally called Astabhuji (eight-armed), from Bihar, Partabgarh District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
