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

1. Photo 125/1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(11)
Title:
[General view of Ajanta Caves XVI-XXVII from the ravine below.] Photographer: Gill, Robert
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the general view of Caves 16-27, 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 who lived there. The firs...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 125/1(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(12)
Title:
[General view of Ajanta Caves I-XV.] Photographer: Gill, Robert
Scope & Content:
Photograph of a general view of Caves 1-15 at Ajanta. 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, a period of time which coincides with the Hinayana and Mahayana phase...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item