Rampurwa. Shed over Asoka pillar. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the two Asoka pillars lying horizontally in a new site. A small shed is built over the centre of one to protect its inscription.
Nigliva, Tahsil Taulehva, Nepal Tarai. Asoka edict pillar. Full length of second portion of column lying on bank of the lake. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of edict pillar lying on bank, with Indian figure posed to one side. Signed and dated 'Edmd. W. Smith 1895' on mount. Reproduced in A. Führer, 'Monograph on Buddha Sakyamuni's birth-place in the Nepalese Terai' (Archaeological Survey of Northern India, vol ...
Nigliva, Tahsil Taulehva, Nepal Tarai. Asoka edict pillar. Full length of second portion of column showing part of the lake and surroundings. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
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Genre: Architectural Photography Distant view, looking across the tank towards the pillar on the bank. Signed and dated 'Edmd. W. Smith 1895' on mount. Reproduced in A. Führer, 'Monograph on Buddha Sakyamuni's birth-place in the Nepalese Terai' (Archaeological Survey of Northern India, vol 6, A...
Nigliva, Tahsil Taulehva, Nepal Tarai. Asoka edict pillar. First portion of column now standing on the banks of the lake. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of base of edict pillar. Reproduced in A. Führer, 'Monograph on Buddha Sakyamuni's birth-place in the Nepalese Terai' (Archaeological Survey of Northern India, vol 6, Allahabad, 1897), plate 4, there captioned 'Lower (inscribed) portion of Asoka's pillar (i...
Asoka pillar at Rummindei [Lumbini] in the Nepal Tarai, west view of ruins. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
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Genre: Archaeological Photography General view of lat standing upright in an excavated pit. Reproduced in A. Führer, 'Monograph on Buddha Sakyamuni's birth-place in the Nepalese Terai' (Archaeological Survey of Northern India, vol 6, Allahabad, 1897), plate 6, there captioned, 'Asoka's Pillar a...