Close view of the doorway of the Mehtar Mahal, Bijapur. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indian Museum Series); architectural elements; doorways; gateways; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic)
General view of the Sangat Mahal at Torweh, near Bijapur. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Reproduced in Henry Cousens, 'Bijapur and its architectural remains' (A.S.I., Imperial series, vol. XXXVII, Bombay, 1916), pl. lxii (a); the new capital of Nauraspur at Torweh to the west of Bijapur is described pp. 82-84. Henry Cousens, 'Revised list of antiqua...
General view of the ruins of the Jahaz Mahal, Bijapur. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Unidentified in Bloch's list. Reproduced in Henry Cousens, 'Bijapur and its architectural remains' (A.S.I., Imperial series, vol. XXXVII, Bombay, 1916), pl. lxxiv (b), and described p. 95: 'Beside the Athar Mahall, on the north, and apparently forming with it pa...
Close view of the shikara of the Mahadeva Temple, Ittagi. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Giving a clear view of mouldings and sculptural detail on the south face of the shikara, whose top tiers have been lost. Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indian Museum Series); architectural ele...
Sculpture of Shiva as Kaleshvara, in the Kaleshvara Temple, Kukkunur. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indian Museum Series); architectural elements; Hindu deities; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu); interi...
Close view of two inscribed viragals (monuemntal memorial stones), Murdesvara. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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The stones are divided in bands carved with battle and dancing scenes, with inscriptions on the divisions between each panel. Reproduced in Henry Cousens, The Chalukyan architecture of the Kanarese districts (A.S.I., vol. XLII, New Imperial Series, Calcutta, 1926), pl. clvi (b). Subjects = Arc...
View of the Southern Ridge from the Vallabhai Tuk, Satrunjaya. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indian Museum Series); Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Jain); temples; tuks (Jain temple complex)
Images of the Tirthankara Adinatha in the Chaumukh Temple, Satrunjaya. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography View showing three of the four Adinatha images (the fourth concealed behind the pillar against which the statues are seated) in the temple. This is the Chaumukha - a Jain term for a sanctuary with four such votive images facing four entrances - which gives the t...
General view from the north-west of the Motisah Tuk, Satrunjaya. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indian Museum Series); Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Jain); temples; tuks (Jain temple complex)
General view from the south of the Motisah Tuk, Satrunjaya. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking north across the Motisah Tuk, with the Motisah Temple right of centre, and the Adinatha Temple visible on the skyline at the extreme right. Immediately beyond the Motisah Tuk is the Tuk of Ujambi Hemabhai. Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India...