Lion capital from an Asokan Pillar (now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta), from Rampurwa, Champaran District. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
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Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Central Circle); Asokan edict pillars; Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Buddhist); lats; lion capitals; museum objects; museums and galleries
Side view of bull capital of Asokan Pillar (at present in the Indian Museum, Calcutta), from Rampurwa, Champaran. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
Front view of bull capital of Asokan Pillar (at present in the Indian Museum, Calcutta), from Rampurwa, Champaran. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
Ashokan edict pillar at Lauriya Araraj, Champaran District. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin
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Genre: Architectural Photography 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 378-379: 'There is no capital, and the whole has been much disfigured by the names which visitors have cut upon it'; facsimile and translation of the inscription in 'Epigraphia Indica', vol. II, pp. 245...
Front view of the Asokan Edict Pillar, Lauriya Nandangarh, Champaran District. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of edict pillar with lion capital. 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 380-381; facsimile and translation of the inscription in 'Epigraphia Indica', vol. II, pp. 245-272. Duplicate of Photo 1002 (26).
Front view of the Asokan Edict Pillar, Lauriya Nandangarh, Champaran District. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin
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Genre: Architectural Photography Poor quality print. This photograph appears to be a later view than Simpson's: iron railings have been placed round the monument in the intervening period. Duplicate of Photo 1002 (26).