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Subject Archaeological Survey of India: Indian Museum Series Name Cousens, Henry, archaeologist and photographer in India, 1854-1933

1. Photo 120(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 120(1)
Title:
Gadag. Temple of Somesvara, [general view from south-west]. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Reproduced in Henry Cousens, 'The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts' (Archaeological Survey of India, vol. XLII, New Imperial Series, Calcutta, 1926), plate 119, and described, pp. 112–13: 'This temple, which, at some period in the distant past, h...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 120(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 120(2)
Title:
Betgeri. Group of viragals (monumental stones). Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Reproduced in Henry Cousens, 'The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts' (Archaeological Survey of India, vol. XLII, New Imperial Series, Calcutta, 1926), plate 154a and described, p. 143: 'One of the largest and most interesting groups of these ston...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 120(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 120(5)
Title:
Betgeri. Viragal with Kanarese inscription. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of a massive sculptured viragal or hero stone (some 12–13 feet high), with an Indian figure posed beside it to indicate scale. Reproduced in Henry Cousens, 'The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts' (Archaeological Survey of India, vol. XLII, Ne...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1002/24(1221)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/24(1221)
Title:
Group of ancient sculptures of Vishnu, etc., at Damoh. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1894-Mar 1894
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1002/24(1222)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/24(1222)
Title:
Walls and entrance of the Fort at Hatta, Damoh District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. Photograph taken during the Western Circle survey season of 1893-94. Another copy of this print at Photo 1009/2 (1416). Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (I...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1894-Mar 1894
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1002/24(1223)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/24(1223)
Title:
Ruined temple at Kanoda, Damoh District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. General view of the sculptured tower of the temple, the mandapa destroyed. Photograph taken during the Western Circle survey season of 1893-94. Another copy of this print at Photo 1009/2 (1417). Subjects = Archaeological...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1894-Mar 1894
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1002/24(1224)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/24(1224)
Title:
General view of Jain temples near the tank at Kundalpur, Damoh District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
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. Photograph taken during the Western Circle survey season of 1893-94. Another copy of this print at Photo 1009/2 (1415). Subjects =...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1894-Mar 1894
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1002/24(1225)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/24(1225)
Title:
General view of ruined temple at Nohta, Damoh District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jan 1894-Feb 1894
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1002/24(1226)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/24(1226)
Title:
Interior of temple looking towards linga shrine, Nohta, Damoh District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. View looking towards the elaborately sculptured entrance to the shrine, with the linga visible inside. Photograph taken during the Western Circle survey season of 1893-94. Another copy of this print at Photo 1009/2 (1413)....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jan 1894-Feb 1894
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1002/24(1227)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/24(1227)
Title:
Colossal statue of a Jain tirthankara at Bahuriband, Jabalpur District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
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.I...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jan 1894
Extent:
1 item