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1. Photo 125/1(123)

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Photo 125/1(123)
Title:
Ruined gateway, Parrua [Pandua]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of a ruined gateway at Pandua. This photograph was taken by an unknown photographer in the 1870s and is part of the collection of Sir Richard Carnac Temple. The gateway was said to have been built to commemorate the saint Nur Qutb Alam, a local Muslim saint who died in 1415 and whose ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 125/1(128)

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Photo 125/1(128)
Title:
Ruins of Nugger [Rajnagar], Beerbhum. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the ruins of Rajnagar in Birbhum. This photograph of a ruined mosque was taken by an unknown photographer in the 1870s and forms part of the Temple Collection. Rajnagar was the capital of the Hindu and Pathan Rajas of Birbhum prior to and following the Muslim conquest in the 13th c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 125/1(132)

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Photo 125/1(132)
Title:
Hindu temple, Hetimpur, Beerbhum. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of a Hindu temple situated in Hetimpur from the Temple collection of photographs; it was taken by an unknown photographer in the 1870s. This view shows a Hindu temple at Hetimpur which is a small town in the south-eastern part of Birbhum, West Bengal.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 125/1(126)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(126)
Title:
Hossainabad village, Beerbhum. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of Hossainabad village in Birhbhum. Taken by an unknown photographer in 1870, this print is part of the collection of Sir Richard Carnac Temple. This presents a general view taken in a village situated in the Birhbhum District of West Bengal.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 125/1(129)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(129)
Title:
Ruins of Nugger [Rajnagar], Beerbhum. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the ruins of Nugger in Birbhum taken by an unknown photographer in the 1870s and forming part of the Temple Collection. Rajnagar was the capital of the Hindu and Pathan Rajas of Birbhum prior to and following the Muslim conquest in the 13th century. It was an important seat of the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 125/1(125)

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Photo 125/1(125)
Title:
Dubrajpur rocks, Beerbhum. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
This photograph was taken by an unknown photographer in the 1870s and forms part of the Temple Collection. The rocks are situated south of the village of Dubrajpur in the Birbhum District, Bengal. They are huge picturesque outcrops of granite and gneiss (composed of glassy quartz, pink and grey ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 125/1(1)

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Photo 125/1(1)
Title:
[Hindu temple at Nasik.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Another view of the temple at ASIO 662 is described in the List of photographic negatives of ancient buildings, statues and inscriptions belonging to the India Office, Calcutta, 1900, as the temple of Sri Rama. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architectu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 125/1(73)

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Photo 125/1(73)
Title:
[Buddhist sculpture at Shamshernagar.] Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Duplicate of India Office Series, Photo 1000/28(2812). This is 'No 72' 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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 125/1(133)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(133)
Title:
Ram Ranjan Chakkervattee. Hindu temple, Hetimpur, Beerbhum. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of a round temple at Hetimpur, West Bengal taken by an unknown photographer in the 1870s and forms part of the Temple Collection. Raja Rama Ranjan Chakravarti Bahadur succeeded to the Hetimpur estate in 1862 when he was 11 years old. He received the title Raja in 1874 and that of Raja...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 125/1(106)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(106)
Title:
Tombs in Gaur. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of tombs in Gaur. This photograph was taken by an unknown photographer in the 1870s and forms part of the Temple Collection. The ruined city of Gaur, Bengal is situated on a deserted channel of the Ganges. The date of foundation of the city is obscure, however its known history commen...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item