Iron pillar with an important inscription from a Hindu ruler, put inside the mosque as a decoration. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
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Genre: Architectural Photography Iron pillar, known as 'Asoka column', with an important inscription from a Hindu ruler [Asoka], put inside the mosque as a decoration.
From Trivandrum; With 92 photographs: c. 12th January: Trip together with the female archaeologist Dr. Minakshi and Miss Cunning before the Bakes left for Madura on their way to Colombo, to "the seven Pagodas" or Mahabalipuram (officially Mamallapuram, the large town of Mallas), the remains of a port town of the Pallava kings in the 5th-9th century A. D. The photographs show temples and sculptures cut from live rocks. About 50 miles from Madras. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
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Genre: Architectural Photography View at Mahabalipuram (officially Mamallapuram, the large town of Mallas), the remains of a port town of the Pallava kings in the 5th-9th century A. D. This shows a column cut from live rocks.
The two sides of the Dvamukhi, a column with two faces, the woman's face looking towards the temples, the man towards the street. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
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Genre: Architectural Photography Full view of the Dvamukhi, a colum with two faces.