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61. Photo 1006/1(488)

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Photo 1006/1(488)
Title:
Lio [Li] and Nako. Rope bridge [across the Spiti river]. Photographer: Pindi Lal (Archaeological Survey of India).
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto the bridge, with a figure being hauled across the river and group on near bank. Francke (1914), p. 32: 'On Friday 23rd July we marched to Nako. We had hardly left the village of Li, when our caravan had to cross the swollen Spiti river by a rope bridge ... I sincerely symp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
23 Jul 1909
Extent:
1 item

62. Photo 1006/1(489)

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Photo 1006/1(489)
Title:
Nako. Latsabai Lhakang Monastery. Photographer: Pindi Lal (Archaeological Survey of India).
Scope & Content:
General view of monastery. Francke (1914), p. 32: '...The village of Nako suddenly appeared before us ... We noticed at once the site of a great 'aBrugpa monastery, called Lo-tsa-bai Lha-khang ... Four large temple halls are still standing and form a kind of court. South-east of them, there are ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
23 Jul 1909
Extent:
1 item

63. Photo 1006/1(490)

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Photo 1006/1(490)
Title:
Nako. Image of Vairocana in the [Lotsabai Lha-khang] Monastery. Photographer: Pindi Lal (Archaeological Survey of India).
Scope & Content:
Seated figure of Vairochana or rNam-par-snang-mdzad in a niche on the wall of the monastery. Francke (1914), p. 32: 'The western hall is called Lha-khang-ched-po. The principal figure in this hall is that of rNam-par-snang-mdzad (Vairochana), the chief of the Dhyani-buddhas of the five regions.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
23 Jul 1909
Extent:
1 item

64. Photo 1006/1(491)

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Photo 1006/1(491)
Title:
Nako. Interior figure, image of yellow Tara. Photographer: Pindi Lal (Archaeological Survey of India).
Scope & Content:
Heavily painted figure of Tara in a niche on the wall of the Lotsabai Lha-khang monastery. Francke (1914), p. 33: 'The eastern temple is called Lha-khang-gong-ma, 'Upper Temple.' It contains the stucco image of sGrol-gser, the yellow Tara, in an elaborately carved wooden frame ... This is one of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
23 Jul 1909
Extent:
1 item

65. Photo 1006/1(492)

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Photo 1006/1(492)
Title:
Nako. Interior wall [of Lotsabai Monastery]. Photographer: Pindi Lal (Archaeological Survey of India).
Scope & Content:
Portion of a painted wall showing its poor state of preservation, with vertical crack.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
23 Jul 1909
Extent:
1 item

66. Photo 1006/1(493)

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Photo 1006/1(493)
Title:
Chung [or Chang]. Avalokitesvara. Photographer: Pindi Lal (Archaeological Survey of India).
Scope & Content:
Image of seated Avalokiteshvara figure in the niche of a wall. Francke (1914), p. 34: 'In the middle of the present village of Chang, there is a life-size stone statue of Avalokitesvara half-buried in a mani wall. It is a very rude and ugly image. The small figure of Amitabha can be plainly seen...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
24-26 Jul 1909
Extent:
1 item

67. Photo 1006/1(494)

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Photo 1006/1(494)
Title:
Tabo. Winter houses of Lamas. Photographer: Pindi Lal (Archaeological Survey of India).
Scope & Content:
View of hillside with scattered houses in the distance. Francke (1914), p. 38: 'On the hill side [near Tabo monastery], almost like cave dwellings, are the winter houses of the lamas.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
29-30 Jul 1909
Extent:
1 item

68. Photo 1006/1(495)

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Photo 1006/1(495)
Title:
Tabo. Row of 108 ancient stupas. Photographer: Pindi Lal (Archaeological Survey of India).
Scope & Content:
Francke (1914), p. 38: 'In the vicinity of the Tabo monastery are many rows of 108 small mchod-rten, but one of them numbered at least 216 ... They were the forerunners of the mani walls in Western Tibet.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
29-30 Jul 1909
Extent:
1 item

69. Photo 1006/1(496)

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Photo 1006/1(496)
Title:
Tabo. Monastery. Photographer: Pindi Lal (Archaeological Survey of India)
Scope & Content:
Slightly distant view of monastery buildings, with mountains rising behind. Francke (1914) describes his visit to the monastery in detail, pp. 37-43.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
29-30 Jul 1909
Extent:
1 item

70. Photo 1006/1(497)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1006/1(497)
Title:
Tabo. Figures of Lamas and Ganesa in Central Hall of Monastery. Photographer: Pindi Lal (Archaeological Survey of India).
Scope & Content:
Carved seated figures, in front of the larger Vairochana image.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
29-30 Jul 1909
Extent:
1 item