View of fort walls in the Bawan Ganga Defile, Rajgir. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Landscape Photography General view of rocky country in the defile, with the fort wall running along a ridge in the middleground. Described in J.D. Beglar, 'Report of a tour through the Bengal Provinces...in 1872-73' (A.S.I. vol. VIII, Calcutta, 1878), pp. 88-89. Duplicate of Photo 1002...
Shell inscription in valley, looking south, Rajgir. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin
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Genre: Landscape Photography 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 264-265: 'In the Bawan-ganga defile are several rock-cut inscriptions in shell character on the road. They are said to be the marks of the hands and feet of Jarasandha and Bhima, who fought together until t...