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871. Photo 1000/28(2784)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/28(2784)
Title:
Close view of the entrance to the Lomas Rishi Cave, Barabar Hills. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Head-on view of the outer doorway, with curved eaves, timber supports and a finial rendered in stone in shallow relief. A frieze of elephants is carved in the segmental architrave of the doorway. A European figure (possibly Peppé?) is seated in front of the entr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

872. Photo 1000/28(2785)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/28(2785)
Title:
General view of the entrance to the Karan Chaupar Cave, Barabar Hills. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Showing the plain entrance to the cave temple. On the rock face to the west are carved two human figures and a linga in niches. An Indian figure stands beside the entrance to the cave to indicate scale. India Museum no. 1003. Another copy at Photo 125/1(57).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

873. Photo 1000/28(2786)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/28(2786)
Title:
Distant view of the Gopi or Milkmaid's Cave, Nagarjuni Range, Barabar Hills. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the hill, showing the flight of steps leading up to the cave entrance, which can be seen about halfway to the top, some 50-60 feet above ground level. For a more detailed description, see Maulvi Muhammad Hamid Kuraishi, 'List of ancient monuments...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

874. Photo 1000/28(2787)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/28(2787)
Title:
General view of the Vahiyaka Cave, Nagarjuni Range, Barabar Hills. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Showing the doorway, with sloping jambs, and surrounding rock face containing the cave-temple. Peppé calls the cave the 'Vadithi-Ka-Kubha Cave'. Described in Maulvi Muhammad Hamid Kuraishi, 'List of ancient monuments protected under Act VII of 1904 in the Provin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

875. Photo 1000/28(2788)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/28(2788)
Title:
Oblique view of the entrance to the Vedathika Cave, Nagarjuni Range, Barabar Hills. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the left looking towards the cave entrance, situated in the angle of the rock-face. The cave is situated immediately to the west of the Vahiyaka Cave. Described in Maulvi Muhammad Hamid Kuraishi, 'List of ancient monuments protected under Act VII of 19...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

876. Photo 1000/28(2789)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/28(2789)
Title:
Oblique view of the entrance to the Vahiyaka Cave, Nagarjuni Range, Barabar Hills. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Another copy at Photo 125/1(60).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

877. Photo 1000/28(2804)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/28(2804)
Title:
General view of the entrance to the Son Bhandar Cave, Rajgir. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Head-on view showing entrance to cave, with window at left. A European figure is seated beside the door of the cave. Described in Maulvi Muhammad Hamid Kuraishi, 'List of ancient monuments protected under Act VII of 1904 in the Province of Bihar and Orissa' (ASI...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

878. Photo 1000/28(2843)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/28(2843)
Title:
Cave temple at Sitamarhi, 25 miles east of Gaya. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the plain entrance of the cave, which is excavated from a massive free-standing granite boulder. P.C. Roy Chaudhury, Gaya volume of Bihar District Gazetteers (Bihar, 1957), p.338-339, writes that it is unclear whether the cave was made for ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

879. Photo 1000/28(2865)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/28(2865)
Title:
General view of the rock in which the Karan Chaupar Cave is excavated, Barabar Hills. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Another copy at Photo 125/1(99).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

880. Photo 1000/29(2890)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/29(2890)
Title:
General view of the Ganesha Ratha, Mamallapuram. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Received 'From Mrs Breeks July 1873'. India Museum no. 1108.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

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