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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 125 Language Not applicable Subject Ajanta Cave 24

1. Photo 125/1(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(22)
Title:
[Facade of Cave XXIV, Ajanta.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Photograph of Cave 24 at Ajanta, taken by Robert Gill in the 1860s. The Buddhist cave temples of Ajanta were excavated into a horse-shoe shaped cliff overlooking the Waghora River in the 2nd – 1st century BC and later in the 5th century AD. Cave 24 was left unfinished when the excavations were i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 125/1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(27)
Title:
[Pilaster at right end of verandah, Cave XXIV, Ajanta.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Photograph of a pilaster at right end of verandah of Cave 24 at Ajanta, taken by Henry Cousens in the 1860s. The Buddhist cave temples of Ajanta were excavated into a horse-shoe shaped cliff overlooking the Waghora River in the 2nd – 1st century BC and later in the 5th century AD. Cave 24 was le...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 125/1(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(31)
Title:
[Detail of a capital in the verandah of Ajanta Cave XXIV.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the detail of the capital in the verandah of Cave 24, 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 w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 125/1(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(40)
Title:
[Capital and part of the column in the facade of Cave XXIV, Ajanta.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography For another copy, see India Office Series, Photo 1000/5 (527). Subjects = architectural elements; columns; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Buddhist); rock-cut temples; Temple Collection; temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item