General view of the ruins of a small laterite temple, Deotek, Chandrapur District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography Site described in J. D. Beglar, 'Report of a tour in Bundelkhand and Malwa, 1871-72; and in the Central Provinces, 1873-74' (A.S.I. vol. VII, Calcutta, 1878), pp. 123-125.
Group of ancient sculptures of Vishnu, etc., at Damoh. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. Cousens, Central Provinces list, p. 31: 'Most of the Hindu temples here were destroyed by the Muhammadans, and their materials were used to construct a fort, which, in its turn, has been destroyed, so that practically no b...
General view of Jain temples near the tank at Kundalpur, Damoh District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative (caption faded). View looking across the tank towards some of the 50 or more Jain temples.
General view of ruined temple at Nohta, Damoh District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Cousens, Central Provinces list, p. 32: '13 miles south-east of Damoh. Judging from the number of sites of old temples, which are scattered in and around the village, Nohta must have been at one time a place of note. The only temple now standing is near the road...
Interior of temple looking towards linga shrine, Nohta, Damoh District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. View looking towards the elaborately sculptured entrance to the shrine, with the linga visible inside.
Colossal statue of a Jain tirthankara at Bahuriband, Jabalpur District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. The statue is 12 feet 2 inches high and is seen here with the lower portion recently excavated. Described ('a stiff, clumsy figure') in A. Cunningham, 'Report of a tour in the Central Provinces in 1873-74 and 1874-75' (A.S...
General view of statues in the colonnade of the Chaunsath Yogini Temple, Bheraghat, Jabalpur District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography The colonnade is described and the statues listed in A. Cunningham, 'Report of a tour in the Central Provinces in 1873-74 and 1874-75' (A.S.I. vol. IX, Calcutta, 1879), pp. 62-71. Bloch's list describes the subject as the Gauri Samkara Temple, but but this more ...