Sculptured image of the seated Jain tirthankara Parsvanatha, Sironi Khurd. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
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Genre: Architectural Photography Photograph of the sculpture slab, with other images leaning against the wall in the background. Part of negative blocked out to separate background.
Five railing pillars, with dancing girls standing on dwarves Mathura. Photographer: Caney, W.
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Genre: Architectural Photography Photograph of the five pillars, finely carved in deep relief, standing side by side in a garden. These were discovered in the neighbourhood, though not excavated, by Cunningham during his excavations of 1871-2. See A. Cunningham, 'Report for the year 1871-72' (A...
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.
An ayagapata or Jain homage tablet, with small figure of a tirthankara in the centre, from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
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Jain homage tablet, donor unknown, found in the Jain stupa at Kankali Tila. Drawing of this piece reproduced in Vincent A. Smith, 'The Jain Stupa and other antiquities of Mathura' (Allahabad, 1901), pl. 9. Piece now in the Lucknow Museum.
An ayagapata or Jain homage tablet, with small figure of a tirthankara in the centre and inscription below, from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
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Jain homage tablet, set up by the wife of Bhadranadi, said to have been found in December 1890 near the centre of the mound of the Jain stupa at Kankali Tila. Drawing of this piece reproduced in Vincent A. Smith, 'The Jain Stupa and other antiquities of Mathura' (Allahabad, 1901), pl. 11. Now in...
Fragment of the arch of a sculptured Jain torana (reverse side), from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
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Drawing of this piece reproduced in Vincent A. Smith, 'The Jain Stupa and other antiquities of Mathura' (Allahabad, 1901), pl. 19: 'There is nothing in the sculptures of this torana to indicate whether the ceremony depicted was Jain or Buddhist; but the fact that the slabs were found not far fro...
Sculpture of a Jain tirthankara and other pieces, Jabalpur. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Cousens, Central Provinces list, p. 27: 'The only remains at Jabalpur itself are some Jaina statues collected and built into a masonry block in the garden of Messrs. Cursetjee and Co. They are well carved images.' Location = Jubbulpore;