[Pillared hall to the south of the Vishnupada temple at Gaya.] Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Architectural Photography Duplicate of India Office Series, Photo 1000/28(2743). This is 'No 3' in Peppé's list of descriptions which was forwarded with the prints to the Government of India. See Letter No 98, Public Dept., April 1871 (copy kept in Prints, Drawings & Photographs sect...
Colossal Buddha at back of Kowadol peak, Barabar Hills, Gaya District. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Photograph of a colossal Buddha figure in the Barabar Hills, Bihar, taken by Thomas Fraser Peppé in 1870. Peppé wrote, 'On the east side of the hill there must have been a large temple, some few pillars of which are still standing, and a gigantic figure of the ascetic Boodh, measuring 8 feet hig...
[Interior of the remains of the] Barah Durwazah [or Golden Mosque], Gaur. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography A European couple and a group of Indians are posed against the far wall. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); mosques; Temple Collection
[River front of the old town of Gaya.] Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Photograph of the river front of the old town of Gaya. The town of Gaya is situated on the bank of the Falgu river with the Rajgir Hills beyond. It is closely associated with Buddhism for its close vicinity to Bodhgaya but since the 10th century it has also been an important Hindu religious cent...
Nuttin [Lattan] Musjid, Gaur, [with a group of Europeans outside]. Photographer: Unknown
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Photograph of Nattan Mosque in Gaur. This mosque was built in the late 15th century and is known as the Nattan Mosque after a dancer at the royal court. It is also known as the Painted Mosque as both the interior and the exterior were originally covered in brightly coloured glazed tiles of which...
[Mangaldeva temple, on the hill which runs down to the Rukmini tank, Gaya.] Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Architectural Photography Duplicate of India Office Series, Photo 1000/28(2765). This is 'No 25' in Peppé's list of descriptions which was forwarded with the prints to the Government of India. See Letter No 98, Public Dept., April 1871 (copy kept in Prints, Drawings & Photographs sec...
View from back of Hi[?]s house, Sooray [Siuri]. Photographer: Unknown
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Photograph of the view from the back of a house in Siuri. This photograph was taken by an unknown photographer in the 1870s and forms part of the Temple Collection. Siuri is situated on the east slope of a gravel ridge running along the south bank of the Mor river at a point where it subsides in...
[Cave at Sitamari.] Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Architectural Photography Duplicate of India Office Series, Photo 1000/28(2843). This is 'No 103' in Peppé's list of descriptions which was forwarded with the prints to the Government of India. See Letter No 98, Public Dept., April 1871 (copy kept in Prints, Drawings & Photographs se...
Old Gaya from the centre of the town looking north. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Photograph of old Gaya from the centre of the town looking north. The town of Gaya is situated on the bank of the Falgu river with the Rajgir Hills beyond. It is closely associated with Buddhism for its close vicinity to Bodhgaya but since the 10th century it has also been an important Hindu rel...