Front view of ruins of the Baladitya Temple, Nalanda. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the ruins of the Buddhist temple. 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 254-255. Alexander Cunningham, 'Archaeological Survey of India. Report for the year 1871-72' (A.S.I. vol. III, Calcutta, 1873), pp. 94-95. Duplicate of Phot...
Rear view of ruins of the Baladitya Temple, Nalanda. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the ruins of the Buddhist temple. 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 254-255. Alexander Cunningham, 'Archaeological Survey of India. Report for the year 1871-72' (A.S.I. vol. III, Calcutta, 1873), pp. 94-95. Duplicate of Photo...
Rear view of ruins of the Baladitya Temple, Nalanda Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography Rear view from another angle. Credited to Dr Simpson in Bloch's list, but more likely to be by Beglar. Duplicate of Photo 1002 (189).
Elephant capital from ancient monolith, Sankasya, Fatehgarh District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography Printed from a poor quality negative, with damage to emulsion at edges, possibly due to premature drying of collodion. Side view of the capital, described in A. Cunningham, 'Four reports made during the years 1862-63-64-65' (A.S.I. vol. I, Simla, 1871), pp. 274-...
Inscribed elephant capital from Kankali Tila, at Mathura. Photographer: Caney, W.
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Genre: Architectural Photography Photograph of the capital, excavated by Cunningham in 1871, showing the inscription from the reign of the Kushan King Huvishka on the base. The head of the elephant has been broken off. Described in A. Cunningham, 'Report for the year 1871-72' (A.S.I. vol. III, ...