Cave temple at Sitamarhi, 25 miles east of Gaya. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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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 ...
Ruins of the Baladitya Temple at Nalanda, near Bargaon. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of temple site. 'There is no place in this district where the ruins are so extensive, or on such a large scale. Unfortunately, the greater part are hidden under immense mounds of brick rubbish, and although the place has been used as a quarry for bricks for...
Group of Buddha images, Nalanda. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Archaeological Photography Row of Buddha images from Nalanda, with the massive figure seen in print 2846 at the left of the group. 'The statue inshrined in this temple [the Baladitya Temple] was most likely the gigantic one now called Bhairav. It is in a sitting position, and it is now c...
Semi-ruined temple at Dapthu. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of dilapidated brick structure. ' Dapthu...is situated about a mile inland to the east of the Fulgo [Falgu], and about fourteen miles from Gya to the north. This seems to have been the site of a large Buddhist community, and the remains are extensiv...
Seated Buddha image, with great events, Jagdispur, near Nalanda. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Architectural Photography Faded print. India Museum no. 1068. For other photographs of this sculpture, taken at various periods, see Photo 1002/4(210 and 210a), Photo 1005/4(1345).