Group of viragals (memorial stones), Betgeri. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Henry Cousens, 'Revised list of antiquarian remains in the Bombay Presidency ... originally compiled by J. Burgess' (Bombay, 1897), p. 128: '...several memorial stones which with others are clustered together in a walled enclosure in the village. These are elabo...
Close view of a group of viragals (memorial stones), showing sculptural details, Betgeri. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Reproduced in Henry Cousens, 'The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts' (Archaeological Survey of India, vol. XLII, New Imperial Series, Calcutta, 1926), plate 154a and described, p. 143: 'One of the largest and most interesting groups of these stone...
Close view of a viragal (memorial stone) with inscription in Kanarese, showing sculptural details, Betgeri. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of a massive viragal (standing some 12 or 13 feet high), with an Indian figure posed beside it as an indication of scale. Reproduced in Henry Cousens, 'The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts' (Archaeological Survey of India, vol. XLII, N...