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1871. Photo 1002/41(2273)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/41(2273)
Title:
General view of inscribed hexagonal crystal from Bhattiprolu, standing on a table on a sheet of card: reduced view showing the position in which the crystal was photographed for the preceding large-scale views. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Subjects = archaeological finds; Buddhist relics; relics
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1892-1893
Extent:
1 item

1872. Photo 1002/45(2505)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/45(2505)
Title:
Photograph of a paper copy of the inscription on the bell in the Mahamuni Pagoda, Mahamuni. Photographer: Forchhammer, Emmanuel
Scope & Content:
Copy of the inscription on the bell seen in print 2504. Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indian Museum Series); Burmese inscriptions; inscriptions
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1885
Extent:
1 item

1873. Photo 1002/40(2216)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/40(2216)
Title:
Unfinished Cave Temple, Mamallapuram. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the entrance of the temple, which consists of three openings between two rough arches. The surrounding rock-face has been crudely cross-hatched to form incised squares. Subjects = Indian architecture; unidentified
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

1874. Photo 1002/40(2217)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/40(2217)
Title:
Unidentified Cave Temple, Mamallapuram. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Indian architecture; unidentified
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

1875. Photo 1002/40(2218)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/40(2218)
Title:
Unidentified Cave Temple, Mamallapuram. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Small cave with three openings supported on two large pillars, square at top and bottom, with an octagonal section in the middle. Two Indian men stand at the entrance, one posed in the act of measuring the pillar. Subjects = Indian architecture; unidentified
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

1876. Photo 1002/40(2220)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/40(2220)
Title:
Unidentified Cave Temple, Mamallapuram. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards verandah, with entrance supported on two square-and octagon sectioned pillars. A linga shrine is visible beyond, with two other lingas on either side of the verandah. Printed from a broken glass plate. Subjects = Indian architecture; unide...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

1877. Photo 1002/1(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(25)
Title:
Asokan edict pillar at Lauriya Araraj, Champaran District. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of Asokan edict pillar and surrounding houses. Described in 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal. Corrected up to 31st August 1895' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 378-379: 'Araraj is a village situated about 20 miles to the north-west of Kesariya. About a ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1895
Extent:
1 item

1878. Photo 1002/1(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(44)
Title:
Entrance to the Lomas Rishi Cave, Barabar Hills. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Described in 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal. Revised and corrected up to 31st August 1895' (Calcutta, 1896), p. 318: 'This is similar to the Sudama cave, both in size and arrangements, but the roof is unfinished, while the walls and roof of the Sudama cav...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

1879. Photo 1002/2(67)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/2(67)
Title:
Sculptured lintels and jambs from Bodh Gaya. Photographer: Garrick, Henry Baily Wade
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Collection of carved lintels, piled one on top of each other. Later removed to the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Credited to Dr [Benjamin] Simpson in T. Bloch, 'A list of the photographic negatives of Indian antiquities in the collection of the Indian Museum: with wh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880-1881
Extent:
1 item

1880. Photo 1002/2(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/2(71)
Title:
Group of terracotta figures from Bodh Gaya. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A very dark print, showing a group of terracotta images of Hindu deities and Buddha images, packed for transportation on wooden shelves. The top right-hand piece is reproduced in Alexander Cunningham, 'Mahabodhi or the Great Buddhist Temple under the Bodhi Tree ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 1870s
Extent:
1 item