Album of 47 drawings of plans, elevations, sections and architectural details from monuments in Pattan, Siddhapur and Modhera (N. Gujarat). 1886-1887 and 1889-1890. Prepared mainly by Indian draftsmen under the supervision of Henry Cousens
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47 drawings (58 folios) of plans, elevations, sections and architectural details from monuments in Pattan, Siddhapur and Modhera (N. Gujarat); Rani Wav, Pattan (1); Khan Sarovar tank, Pattan (3); Sindhvai Mata, Pattan (1); temple of Vadi Parsvanatha, Pattan (2); Jain temple, Pattan (1); Panchasar...
Folio 1. Stencilled: ‘Original Drawings. Architecture of Northern Gujarat by Burgess & Cousens. Vol. I. Archaeological Survey of Western India. vol. IX. New Imperial Series. vol. XXXII. 1902.’
Main Doorway of the temple of Surya at Mudhera. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Folio 52. Illustration of the main doorway of the Surya Temple at Modhera from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Architecture of Northern Gujarat.' This temple, which represents the grandest achievement of the Solanki period in Gujarat, was built in 1027 and although in ruinous condition it ...