Close view of arched bay at south-west angle of the exterior of the Buland Darwaza, seen from the Diving Well, Fatehpur Sikri. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Close view of arched bay at south-west angle of the exterior of the Buland Darwaza, seen from the Diving Well, Fatehpur Sikri. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Sculpture slab from a mound near Muhammad Nari, Peshawar District: Buddha seated on a lotus in the centre of a profusely ornamented chapel, surrounded by minor figures. Photographer: Serrot, M.
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This is one of a series of photographs taken for H. H. Cole at Mardan by Serrot, and not, as Theodor Bloch, A list of the photographic negatives of Indian antiquities in ... the Indian Museum... (Calcutta: 1900) states, by Cole himself. Reproduced in photogravure in Illustrations of Graeco-Buddh...
Buddhist sculpture slab excavated at Lorian Tangai, Peshawar District: the pravrajya of Prince Siddhartha. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin
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Sculpture relief panel of The Great Departure (mahabhinishkramana), showing Prince Gautama, mounted on his favourite horse Kanthakaas he leaves his family in the quest for Supreme Knowledge. The royal groom Chhandaka holds a parasol over his head Indian Museum accession number 5043, schist, Kus...
Buddhist sculptures excavated at Lorian Tangai, Peshawar District: three sculptured jambs from sides of recess-niches of stupa. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin
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Genre: Architectural Photography Carved with panels illustrating scenes from the life of the Buddha. Gandharan art.
Statue of Buddha from Mian Khan Tope, Mala Tangi, Peshawar District. Photographer: [?] Henry Hardy Cole.
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Statue boxed for transportation. Label in box identifies find-spot as Mian Khan Tope. Statue 'said to be now in Madras' (Bloch). Photograph attributed to Cole in Theodor Bloch, A list of the photographic negatives ... in the collection of The Indian Museum... (Calcutta: 1900), but probably comm...
View from the river, looking towards ghat and Omkareshvara Temple, Mandhata, Nimar District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Landscape Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. View looking across the Narmada from the island towards the ghat and the temple. Location = Narmada (river)