Photograph of chhatris at Bhuj, Gujarat, taken by an unknown photographer during the 1870s. The chhatris are the cenotaphs or funerary monuments of the Raos of Kutch, the rulers of Bhuj, and stood to the west of the town bordering the Hamirsar Tank. They took the form of domed kiosks or pavilion...
Photograph of Sundara Narayana Temple in Nasik. The Sundara Narayana temple was built on the steep bank of the Godavari River in 1756 and is reached by a long flight of steps. The outer walls are decorated with horizontal bands of mouldings. The curvilinear spire over the sanctuary is made of a ...
Photograph of the Nattan Mosque in Gaur. This mosque was built in the late 15th century and is known as the Nattan Mosque after a dancer at the royal court. It is also known as the Painted Mosque as both the interior and the exterior were originally covered in brightly coloured glazed tiles of w...
[Temple of Triloknath at Poonawa.] Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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This photograph of the remaining standing pillars and lintels of the temple of Triloknath at Poonawa was taken by Thomas Fraser Peppé in 1870 and is part of the collection of Sir Richard Carnac Temple. Descriptive notes by Peppé accompanying the collection of photographs read as follows, '...The...
[Fragment of sculpture from the Barabar Hills.] Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Architectural Photography Duplicate of India Office Series, Photo 1000/28(2795). This is 'No 55' in Peppé's list of descriptions which was forwarded with the prints to the Government of India. See Letter No 98, Public Dept., April 1871 (copy kept in Prints, Drawings & Photographs sec...
[Entrance to a Buddhist temple in Konch.] Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Architectural Photography Duplicate of India Office Series, Photo 1000/28(2815). This is 'No 76' in Peppé's list of descriptions which was forwarded with the prints to the Government of India. See Letter No 98, Public Dept., April 1871 (copy kept in Prints, Drawings & Photographs sec...
Photograph of the new palace at Bhuj, Gujarat, taken by an unknown photographer during the late 1870s. This is a view looking across a tank and gardens in the foreground towards the rear elevation of the palace and the clock tower beyond.
Photograph of the old palace at Bhuj, Gujarat, taken by an unknown photographer during the late 1870s. Known as the Raniwas Palace, it dates from the 18th century and is part of the palace complex or Darbargarh built by the Raos of Kutch within the walled city of Bhuj. Its fortified windowless wa...
The Jain temples, [Jamnagar]. Photographer: Unknown
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Photograph of the Jain temples at Jamnagar, taken by an unknown photographer in 1875. Jamnagar, founded in 1540 by Jam Rawal, used to be an important princely state of Surashtra. There are two Jain temples in the centre, the Shantinath Mandir and the Adinath Mandir, dedicated to the sixteenth and...