Close view of entrance to sanctum, showing sculpture detail on architrave of doorway, Lakshmana Temple, Sirpur. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
General view from north-east of ruins at Eran, Sagar District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. In the centre is the Buddhagupta Pillar and to the left the remaining column of a gateway. In the background is the massive boar statue (Varaha), and to the right of this the ruins of the Vishnu Temple. See also prints 129...
Female statue at Beshnagar, Bhopal State. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography Described in Alexander Cunningham, 'Report of tours in Bundelkhand and Malwa in 1874-75 and 1876-77' (A.S.I. Vol. X, Calcutta, 1880), pp. 44-45, where the height is given as 6 feet 7 inches. The statue is now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Subjects = Archaeol...
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...