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032-003136414 Subject Hindu Architecture

1. Photo 1003(387)

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Photo 1003(387)
Title:
General view of the Dol-Mandapa, Puri. Photographer: Mukherji, Poorno Chander
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Attributed to Cornish in Bloch's list, but probably by Mukherji. View of the massive free-standing stone torana or hindola (swing), the beams ending in carved figures of seated lions. Called 'Dol Mancha' in Photo 1005/4 (1192). Precise location unidentified.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1003(323)

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Photo 1003(323)
Title:
Massive two-storeyed gateway, Bhubaneshwar. Photographer: Cornish, William Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indian Museum Series); gateways; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1892
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1003(719)

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Photo 1003(719)
Title:
Hindu brick-built Maqarba (makbara?), Barh. Jhansi District. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Very poor quality photograph, showing a small domed building with a porch. North-West Provinces list, p.119: 'Bar...possesses close to the village on the embankment of a tank two, and on a neighbouring hillock four, Hindu brick maqarbas, slightly decorated, buil...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1003(2602)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(2602)
Title:
Free-standing pillar, Balagamve. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Reproduced as a text illustration in Henry Cousens, 'The Chalukyan architecture of the Kanarese Districts' (A.S.I. vol. XLII, New Imperial Series, Calcutta, 1916), fig. 41, and described p. 146: '...a very interesting column in the middle of the village. It stan...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1003(742)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(742)
Title:
Ruined building, probably a fort or castle, Chakri, Jhansi District. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1003(785)

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Photo 1003(785)
Title:
Distant view of a large ruined temple at Dudahi, Jhansi District. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1003(681)

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Photo 1003(681)
Title:
Inscribed pillar at Bhitari. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of pillar, with broken capital, and inscription on base. Described in A. Cunningham, 'Four reports made during the years 1862-63-64-65' (A.S.I. vol. I, Simla, 1871), pp. 97-99. See also North-West Provinces list, p. 229: '[The inscription] chiefly r...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1003(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(35)
Title:
Garuda Pillar at Jajpur, Cuttack District. Photographer: Cornish, William Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 476-477. Situated 'about a mile and a half from the town and a few yards off the road from the bazar to the temple of Baraja' (M. H. H. Kuraishi, 'List of ancient monuments...in the Province of Bihar a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1003(2604)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(2604)
Title:
Ruined temple at Bamora. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Indian architecture
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1003(786)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(786)
Title:
Close view of front of a large ruined temple at Dudahi, Jhansi District. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880s
Extent:
1 item