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1. Photo 125/1(11)

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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

3. Photo 303/1(137)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 303/1(137)
Title:
Cave Temples, Adjunta. Photographer: Gill, Robert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Allardyce Collection; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Buddhist); rock-cut temples; temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1000/4(455)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/4(455)
Title:
General view of Buddhist Caves II-XXVI, Ajanta. Photographer: Gill, Robert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the south-east, with the River Waghora in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1868-1870
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1000/4(456)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/4(456)
Title:
General view of Buddhist Caves I-IX, Ajanta. Photographer: Gill, Robert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the north-west. Duplicate at Photo 122 (1).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1868-1870
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1000/4(457)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/4(457)
Title:
General view of Buddhist Caves I-XVI, Ajanta. Photographer: Gill, Robert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the north-west. Duplicate at Photo 122 (2). For another copy of this photograph (a later printing), see Photo 199 (50).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1868-1870
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1000/5(523)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/5(523)
Title:
Sculpture on left of arch of façade of Buddhist Chaitya Hall, Cave XIX, Ajanta. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Yaksha image carved in relief at left of great horseshoe-shaped window on the façade of the chaitya hall, with smaller Buddha figures behind. For another copy, see Photo 125/1(36).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1000/20(2052)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/20(2052)
Title:
First view of the Caves from below, Ajanta. Photographer: Gill, Robert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1000/20(2053)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/20(2053)
Title:
General view of the northernmost caves, Ajanta. Photographer: Gill, Robert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking eastwards across the Waghora River valley. Stereoscopic view. See Madras Government Proceedings, Public Department, 18 April 1868, letter of 18 March 1868 from James Burgess, which supplies a list of the 61 stereoscopic views of the caves sent in b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1000/20(2054)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/20(2054)
Title:
General view of the middle series of caves, Ajanta. Photographer: Gill, Robert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking north-eastwardds across the valley. The large central cave with the horseshoe shaped entrance is Cave 10. Stereoscopic view. See Madras Government Proceedings, Public Department, 18 April 1868, letter of 18 March 1868 from James Burgess, which supp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item