Entrance to the Son Bhandar Cave, Rajgir. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin
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Genre: Architectural Photography Described in Maulvi Muhammad Hamid Kuraishi, 'List of ancient monuments protected under Act VII of 1904 in the Province of Bihar and Orissa' (ASI, New Imperial Series, vol. 51, Calcutta, 1931), pp. 120-122. Subjects = architecture; Indian architecture; Indian...
View of fort walls in the Bawan Ganga Defile, Rajgir. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Landscape Photography General view of rocky country in the defile, with the fort wall running along a ridge in the middleground. Described in J. D. Beglar, 'Report of a tour through the Bengal Provinces...in 1872-73' (A.S.I. vol. VIII, Calcutta, 1878), pp. 88-89. Subjects = forts Lo...
Temple near hot springs, Rajgir. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography Distant view of Jain temple, with pool in foreground Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Jain); temples Location = Bihar; India; Rajgir
Shell inscription in valley, looking south, Rajgir. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin
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Genre: Landscape Photography Bengal list, pp. 264-265: 'In the Bawan-ganga defile are several rock-cut inscriptions in shell character on the road. They are said to be the marks of the hands and feet of Jarasandha and Bhima, who fought together until the former was slain.' Inscriptions not visi...