Ruined temple at Umga. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Architectural Photography 'Still higher up [than the 'altar'], and also facing the east, are the ruins of another temple, nearly as large as the one lower down, and in the same style, but nearly the whole of the superstructure has fallen down. On the path between the two temples there ar...
Ruins of a small temple near Cheon. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Architectural Photography Showing entrance to small shrine. '...On another little hill called Puchar, there is a cave about half way up the hill. It is a natural hollow which has been built up enclosing a chamber some 10 feet by 12, with a doorway supported on bracket pillars. Inside the...
Sculptured image of Vishnu on Garuda at Kispa. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Archaeological Photography '...Near the above [figure of Buddha] there is a large four-armed figure sitting on the shoulders of another squatting figure. This figure is quite unique; this being the only specimen of the kind to be found in the district...' (descriptive notes by T.F. Peppé...
Sculptured block with four figures of Vishnu, including Sesasayin, at Kispa. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Archaeological Photography Unidentified by Peppé, who describes it as 'a curious sculptured block, which is difficult to make out to what it belonged' (descriptive notes by T.F. Peppé accompanying photographs, India pub. proc., 18 February 1871, IOR/P/505 p. 1640). India Museum no. 1020....
North face of the Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Distant view from the north-east, showing the samadhi, the Vishnupad shrine, the modern staircase and the Bodhi tree. Peppé's photographs of Bodh Gaya were received by the India Office in 1871, but appear to correspond with the series referred to in a meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in ...
Buddha images in the Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Two images of Buddha seated beneath the Bodhi tree. India Museum no. 996. Peppé's photographs of Bodh Gaya were received by the India Office in 1871, but appear to correspond with the series referred to in a meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in August 1865.
Sculptured figure of crowned Buddha, in bhumisparsa mudra, surrounded by seven other great events, at Ghenjam, near Kispa. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Archaeological Photography Figure of Buddha, seated in Padmasana (lotus) position, with smaller images carved on the slab behind. 'About a mile and a half from Kispa to the north-east, there is a village called Genjan on the top of a large mound. Here there is a very fine statue of Buddh...
General view of the south face of the Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya, before restoration. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Peppé's photographs of Bodh Gaya were received by the India Office in 1871, but appear to correspond with the series referred to in a meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in August 1865.
Small temple dedicated to Tara Deva, to the east of the Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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India Museum no. 997. Peppé's photographs of Bodh Gaya were received by the India Office in 1871, but appear to correspond with the series referred to in a meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in August 1865.
