Sculpture panel showing a Jain stupa and torana, two dancing girls, with inscription beneath, from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
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For inscription, see 'Epigraphia Indica', vol. II, p. 200. Bloch: 'The technical name of such a panel was ayagapata [homage panel].' Piece now in the Lucknow Museum.
Rear view of fragment of an ancient statue of female figures, locally called Astabhuji (eight-armed), from Bihar, Partabgarh District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
View looking along the Betwa River towards the cenotaphs of the Orchha Rajas, Orchha. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
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Genre: Architectural Photography On the left, and most distant, is the Centotaph of Bir Singh Deo. Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indian Museum Series); cenotaphs; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); tombs
Close view of the central arch of the screen of the Arhai-din-ka-Jhonpra Mosque, Ajmer. Photographer: Baudesson, O.S.
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the liwan of the mosque, decorated with calligraphic motifs carved in relief. Inside the mosque can be seen some of the columns constructed from three separate pillars placed one on top of the other to gain extra height. Subjects = Archaeological Surve...
General view of the courtyard in front of the Ganesh Pol, Amber Palace. Photographer: [?] Henry Hardy Cole.
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The view looks east across the courtyard, with the steps leading up to the Ganesh Pol just visible at the right. A small portion of the Diwan-i-Am can be seen at the left. Poor quality photograph. Photograph attributed to Cole in Theodor Bloch, A list of the photographic negatives ... in the co...
General view from the south of the Jaya Stambh or Tower of Victory, Chittaurgarh. Photographer: Baudesson, O.S.
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Genre: Architectural Photography Reproduced as a photogravure in H. H. Cole, 'Preservation of national monuments in India' (vol II, 1884, part 8, Meywar), pl. 2. Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indian Museum Series); Indian ar...
General view from the north of the Jaya Stambh or Tower of Victory, Chittaurgarh. Photographer: Baudesson, O.S.
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Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indian Museum Series); Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); towers of victory
Close view of façade showing details of basement mouldings and sculpture, Ekalinga Temple, Eklingji. Photographer: Baudesson, O.S.
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Genre: Architectural Photography Printed from a broken glass plate. Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indian Museum Series); architectural elements; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian sculpture; Indian scul...
Close view of the part of the mandapa of the large Sasbahu Temple, Nagda. Photographer: Baudesson, O.S.
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Genre: Architectural Photography Showing sculpture on exterior wall beside entrance. Printed from a broken glass plate. Signed in the negative O.S. Baudesson 1882. Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indian Museum Series); archite...