MURUGESA MUDALIYAR, fl. c.1855 P.Murugesan Mudaliyar was a Tamil draftsman who was employed to draw the Amaravati sculptures deposited in front of the ...
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MURUGESA MUDALIYAR, fl. c.1855 P.Murugesan Mudaliyar was a Tamil draftsman who was employed to draw the Amaravati sculptures deposited in front of the College of Fort St George in 1854. He was paid Rs 300. The drawings were sent to the Court of Directors in London, and are now catalogued as WD2...
Two sculptures numbered '8' and '9' made of blue grey stone, not from Amaravati.. Artist(s): Murugesan Mudaliar (fl.1854)
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The sculptures depicted in this drawing are not from Amaravati Stupa, but might have been sent to the British Museum, along with the other sculptures drawn by Murugesan Mudaliar.
Two stone sculpted figures. The one numbered '6' is from Amaravati Stupa and the other, numbered '7', is not. . Artist(s): Murugesan Mudaliar (fl.1854)
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The sculpture numbered '6' is now held in the British Museum. See Knox:215-6, #123 for '6'. The sculpture numbered '7' is carved from blue grey stone and is not from Amaravati, but it might have been sent to the British Museum at the same time as the other sculptures depicted in Murugesan Mudali...
Two sculptures numbered '8' and '9' made of blue grey stone, not from Amaravati.. Artist(s): Murugesan Mudaliar (fl.1854)
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The sculptures depicted in this drawing are not from Amaravati Stupa, but might have been sent to the Briitsh Museum, along with the other sculptures drawn by Murugesan Mudaliar.
Five sculptures, numbered '10' to '14', from Amaravati Stupa. . Artist(s): Murugesan Mudaliar (fl.1854)
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The sculptures depicted in this drawing are now held in the British Museum. See Knox:157-8, #83 for '10', Knox:118, #59 for '11', Knox:112-3, #53 for '12', Knox:113-4, #54 for '13' and Knox:, #58 for '14'. The earliest known translation of the inscription on '10' is in APAC, IOR, F/4/2648, no.1...
Two sculptures, numbered '15' and '16', from Amaravati Stupa. . Artist(s): Murugesan Mudaliar (fl.1854)
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One of the sculptures depicted in this drawing is in the British Museum. See Knox:160-1, #86 for '16'. The sculpture numbered '15' is definitely from Amaravati but is not in the Knox catalogue.
Two rectangular sculptures, numbered '17' and '18', from Amaravati Stupa.. Artist(s): Murugesan Mudaliar (fl.1854)
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The sculptures depicted in this drawing are now held in the British Museum. See Knox:57, #10 for '17' and Knox:53-6, #8 for '18'. The earliest known translation of the inscription on '18' is in APAC, IOR, F/4/2648, no.172608, f.69.
