Ancient gateway on the hill, Mandhata. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. Cousens, Central Provinces list, p. 41: 'Among the other ruins on the hill is a large bracketted gateway similar to, though not so elaborate as to those at Dabhoi in Gujarat. It is in a very ruinous condition. It is one of...
Close view of entrance to sanctum, showing sculpture detail on architrave of doorway, Lakshmana Temple, Sirpur. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Close view of the inscription on the Buddhagupta Pillar, Eran, Sagar District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Captioned and numbered in the negative. For a translation of the inscription, dated 484-485 A.D., see Alexander Cunningham, 'Report of tours in Bundelkhand and Malwa in 1874-75 and 1876-77' (A.S.I. vol. X, Calcutta, 1880), p. 82.
Sculpture representing a tree (Kulpadrum or wishing-tree), from Beshnagar, Bhopal State. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography Capital of a pillar in the form of at tree. A similar view by Beglar is reproduced as a lithograph in Alexander Cunningham, 'Report of tours in Bundelkhand and Malwa in 1874-75 and 1876-77' (A.S.I. Vol. X, Calcutta, 1880), pl. xv, and described pp. 43-44. The st...
Portion of a lion capital and a statue of Ganga, from Beshnagar, Bhopal State. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography Briefly described in Alexander Cunningham, 'Report of tours in Bundelkhand and Malwa in 1874-75 and 1876-77' (A.S.I. Vol. X, Calcutta, 1880), p. 41: 'Close by [one of the sites at near Beshnagar], in the house of a Sadhu, were found a small lion of the Gupta per...
Close view of the entrance porch of the Mala De [Maladevi] Temple, Gyaraspur, showing details of sculptured columns. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik