Interior of Buddhist chaitya hall, Cave XXVI, Ajanta: pillars on left side of nave. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of carved pillars. The cave number and the date 1873 have been scratched or chalked onto the surface of the columns. Detail from this image used as a woodcut in 'Archaeological Survey of Western India', IV, woodcut 19, p.59.
Sculpture on left of arch of façade of Buddhist Chaitya Hall, Cave XIX, Ajanta. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Yaksha image carved in relief at left of great horseshoe-shaped window on the façade of the chaitya hall, with smaller Buddha figures behind. For another copy, see Photo 125/1(36).
Capital and part of column in verandah of Buddhist Vihara, Cave XXIV, Ajanta. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Showing elaborate carved work. The pillar is broken off beneath the capital. Reproduced as a woodcut in Archaeological Survey of Western India, IV, woodcut 17, p.57. For another copy, see Photo 125/1(40.
'Chapel' in right end of verandah of Buddhist vihara, Cave XXI, Ajanta. Photographer: Gill, Robert
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Genre: Architectural Photography Note Gill's stereoscopic camera and basket of chemicals on the porch. See Madras Government Proceedings, Public Department, 18 April 1868, letter of 18 March 1868 from James Burgess, which supplies a list of the 61 stereoscopic views of the caves sent in by Gil...
Sculpture on the dagoba in the Buddhist Chaitya Hall, Cave XXVI, Ajanta. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the elaborately sculptured votive stupa in Chaitya Cave XXVI, with a central seated Buddha image flanked by pillars. For another copy, see Photo 125/1(26)