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1. Photo 125/1(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(57)
Title:
..[?].. cave, Barabar, Gya. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Duplicate of India Office Series, Photo 1000/28(2785) where its described as 'Karna Chopar Cave'. This is 'No 45' 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 kep...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 125/4(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/4(5)
Title:
Pagoda at Pagan with model of the Mahabodhi. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Printed version from the slides used by Temple to illustrate a lecture on 'Developments in Buddhist Architecture'. See the list Titles of Slides accompanying this collection. Note on the mount reads: 'Intermediate chaitya - [h]ti on top of the sikra'. Subjects...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 125/1(88)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(88)
Title:
[Cave at Sitamari.] Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Duplicate of India Office Series, Photo 1000/28(2843). This is 'No 103' 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 se...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 125/4(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/4(4)
Title:
Chaityas (tis) at Pagan. Photographer: Oertel, Frederick Oscar
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Published in George W. Bird, Wanderings in Burma (Bournemouth and London, 1897). Printed version from the slides used by Temple to illustrate a lecture on Developments in Buddhist Architecture. See the list Titles of Slides accompanying this collection. Note on ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 125/1(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(58)
Title:
Gopi & Kalpi caves, Barabar, Gya. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:
This photograph was taken by Thomas Fraser Peppé in 1870 and forms part of the collection presented by Sir Richard Carnac Temple in 1922. Descriptive text with the photograph explanins that the cave on the left is 'Vadithi-ka-Kubha cave' and on the right 'Vapiya-ka-Kubha'. This is 'No 47' in Pep...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 125/1(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(59)
Title:
[Entrance to a cave-temple in the Barabar Hills.] Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Duplicate of India Office Series, Photo 1000/28(2788) where its described as 'Vadithi-ka-Kubha cave'. This is 'No 48' 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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 125/1(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(60)
Title:
[Doorway to a cave-temple in the Barabar Hills.] Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Duplicate of India Office Series, Photo 1000/28(2789) where its described as 'Vapiya-ka-Kubha cave'. This is 'No 49' 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 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 125/1(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(55)
Title:
Sudama [and] Lomas Rishi Caves at Barabar [Hills], Gya. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:
Photograph of Sudama and Lomas Rishi Caves at Barabar in Gya. The Sudama and Lomas Rishi Caves represent the earliest example of rock-cut architecture in India. They belong to the 3rd century, Maurya period. The Sudama Cave was dedicated by the emperor Ashoka in 261 BC and consists of a circular...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 125/1(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(56)
Title:
Sculptured doorway, Lomas Rishi cave, Barabar, Gya. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the sculptured doorway of the Lomas Rishi cave in the Barabar Hills, Gaya. Caves in the twin Hills of Barabar and Nagarjuni date back to the 3rd century BC, Maurya period and represent some of the earliest example of rock-cut architecture in India. The Lomas Rishi Cave was carved o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 125/1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(13)
Title:
[Interior of] Cave XIX, Ajanta. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Photograph of Cave 19 at Ajanta. This cave contains a very well executed chaitya hall. The facade is dominated by a large horseshoe-shaped arched window. The interior is very elaborate and is divided into three aisles by two rows of columns. These have capitals adorned by Buddha figures, flying ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item