Nasik [detail from pillar (left)], On the upper half of the base of a pillar (right). Artist(s): Raghoba, Jayrao (fl. 1875) and Pacheco, S.J. (fl. 1875).
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Left illustration is by Jayrao Raghoba, right illustration is signed S.J Pacheco and dated 3/1/79
f.2. inscribed: ‘Archaeological Survey of Westerrn India. Original Drawings from the Buddhist Rock Temples at Ajanta prepared under the superintendance of Jas. Burgess LLD. Archaeological Surveyor.’
f.3. List of contents of WD2213 and 2214 enumerating only 89 drawings. 7 are not listed. Drawings inscribed with titles and notes in ink or pencil. Many drawings inscribed with name of draftsman-Henry Cousens, S.J. Pacheco, Ganpat Purshotam, Jayrao Raghoba-and sometimes with date.
General Plan of the Caves of Ajanta. Surveyor : Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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f.4v-5. Illustration of the general plan of the caves at Ajanta in Maharashtra, from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings from the Buddhist Rock Temples at Ajanta.'
Ajanta: Ground Plan of Cave I. Surveyor : Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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f.6v-7. Illustration by Gangpat Purshotam of the ground plan of Cave I at Ajanta in Maharashtra, from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings from the Buddhist Rock Temples at Ajanta.'
Ajanta: Hall Door, Cave I. Surveyor : Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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f.8. Illustration of the hall door at Cave I at Ajanta in Maharashtra, from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings from the Buddhist Rock Temples at Ajanta.' The Buddhist cave temples of Ajanta were excavated into a horse-shoe shaped cliff overlooking the Waghora River in the 2nd ? 1st century BC and ...
