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Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 125/1(26)
Title:: [Sculpture on the Dagoba, Cave XXVI, Ajanta.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:: Photograph of the sculpture on the Dagoba, Cave 26, Ajanta. The thirty magnificent cave temples of Ajanta are situated in a horse-shoe valley of the Waghora river in West India and consist of prayer halls (chaityas) and monasteries (viharas), built for the Buddhist community who lived there. The...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1880
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 125/1(27)
Title:: [Pilaster at right end of verandah, Cave XXIV, Ajanta.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:: Photograph of a pilaster at right end of verandah of Cave 24 at Ajanta, taken by Henry Cousens in the 1860s. 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 later in the 5th century AD. Cave 24 was le...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1880
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 125/1(28)
Title:: [Pillar in front of chapel, right side of court, Cave XIX, Ajanta.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography For another copy, see India Office Series, Photo 1000/5 (534). Subjects = architectural elements; columns; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Buddhist); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Buddhist); rock-cut temples; Temple Collection; temples
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1880
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 125/1(29)
Title:: [Right side of the nave, Cave XIX, Ajanta.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:: Photograph of the right side of the nave, Cave 19, Ajanta. The thirty magnificent cave temples of Ajanta are situated in a horse-shoe valley of the Waghora river in West India and consist of prayer halls (chaityas) and monasteries (viharas), built for the Buddhist community who lived there. The ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1880
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 125/1(31)
Title:: [Detail of a capital in the verandah of Ajanta Cave XXIV.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:: Photograph of the detail of the capital in the verandah of Cave 24, at Ajanta. The thirty magnificent cave temples of Ajanta are situated in a horse-shoe valley of the Waghora river in West India and consist of prayer halls (chaityas) and monasteries (viharas), built for the Buddhist community w...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1880
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 125/1(42)
Title:: [Pillared hall to the south of the Vishnupada temple at Gaya.] Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Duplicate of India Office Series, Photo 1000/28(2743). This is 'No 3' in Peppé's list of descriptions which was forwarded with the prints to the Government of India. See Letter No 98, Public Dept., April 1871 (copy kept in Prints, Drawings & Photographs sect...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1870
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 125/1(43)
Title:: [River front of the old town of Gaya.] Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:: Photograph of the river front of the old town of Gaya. The town of Gaya is situated on the bank of the Falgu river with the Rajgir Hills beyond. It is closely associated with Buddhism for its close vicinity to Bodhgaya but since the 10th century it has also been an important Hindu religious cent...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1870
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 125/1(44)
Title:: Old Gaya from the top of the hill on the opposite bank of Phulgo River. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:: Photograph of old Gaya from the top of the hill on the opposite bank of Falgu river. The town of Gaya is situated on the bank of the Falgu river with the Rajgir Hills beyond. It is closely associated with Buddhism for its close vicinity to Bodhgaya but since the 10th century it has also been an ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1870
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 125/1(45)
Title:: Old Gaya from the centre of the town looking north. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:: Photograph of old Gaya from the centre of the town looking north. The town of Gaya is situated on the bank of the Falgu river with the Rajgir Hills beyond. It is closely associated with Buddhism for its close vicinity to Bodhgaya but since the 10th century it has also been an important Hindu rel...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1870
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 125/1(46)
Title:: Old Gaya from the outskirts looking west. Brahmajuni hill & temple in the distance. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:: Photograph of Old Gaya taken by Thomas Fraser Peppé in 1870.The town of Gaya is situated on the bank of the Falgu river with the Rajgir Hills beyond. It is closely associated with Buddhism for its close vicinity to Bodhgaya but since the 10th century it has also been an important Hindu religious...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1870
Extent:: 1 item

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