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271. Photo 125/1(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(18)
Title:
[Facade of Cave IX, Ajanta.] Photographer: Gill, Robert
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the facade of Cave 9, 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 who lived there. The first group ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

272. Photo 125/1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(19)
Title:
[Facade of Cave XVII, Ajanta.] Photographer: Gill, Robert
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the facade of Cave 17, 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 who lived there. The first group...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

273. Photo 125/1(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(20)
Title:
[Facade of Cave XIX, Ajanta.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the facade of Cave 19, 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 who lived there. The first group...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

274. Photo 125/1(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(21)
Title:
[Facade of Cave XX, Ajanta.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the facade of Cave 20, 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 who lived there. The first group...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

275. 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

276. Photo 125/1(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(23)
Title:
[Facade of Cave XXIII, Ajanta.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the facade of Cave 23, 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 who lived there. The first group...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

277. Photo 125/1(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(24)
Title:
[Facade of Cave XXVII, Ajanta.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the facade of Cave 27, 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 who lived there. The first group...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

278. Photo 125/1(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(33)
Title:
[Window in Ajanta Cave IV.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography For another copy, see India Office Series, Photo 1000/5 (519). Subjects = architectural elements; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Buddhist); rock-cut temples; Temple Collection; temples; windows
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

279. Photo 125/1(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(34)
Title:
[Right aisle door in Cave XXVI, Ajanta.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography For another copy, see India Office Series, Photo 1000/5 (521). Subjects = architectural elements; doorways; 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

280. Photo 125/1(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(38)
Title:
[Detail of pilaster at right end of Cave XXI, Ajanta.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography For another copy, see India Office Series, Photo 1000/5 (525). 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

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