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21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. Photo 125/1(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(25)
Title:
[Padmapani sculpture in Cave IV, Ajanta.] Photographer: Gill, Robert
Scope & Content:
Photograph of Padmapani sculpture in Cave 4, 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 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

28. Photo 125/1(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(26)
Title:
[Sculpture on the Dagoba, Cave XXVI, Ajanta.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the sculpture on the Dagoba, Cave 26, 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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

29. Photo 125/1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(27)
Title:
[Pilaster at right end of verandah, Cave XXIV, Ajanta.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Photograph of a pilaster at right end of verandah of Cave 24 at Ajanta, taken by Henry Cousens 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 le...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

30. Photo 125/1(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(28)
Title:
[Pillar in front of chapel, right side of court, Cave XIX, Ajanta.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography For another copy, see India Office Series, Photo 1000/5 (534). Subjects = architectural elements; columns; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Buddhist); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (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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