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131. Photo 125/1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(19)
Title:
[Facade of Cave XVII, Ajanta.] Photographer: Gill, Robert
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the facade of Cave 17, at Ajanta. The thirty magnificent cave temples of Ajanta are situated in a horse-shoe valley of the Waghora river in West India and consist of prayer halls (chaityas) and monasteries (viharas), built for the Buddhist community who lived there. The first group...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

132. Photo 125/1(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(12)
Title:
[General view of Ajanta Caves I-XV.] Photographer: Gill, Robert
Scope & Content:
Photograph of a general view of Caves 1-15 at Ajanta. The Buddhist cave temples of Ajanta were excavated into a horse-shoe shaped cliff overlooking the Waghora River in the 2nd – 1st century BC and later in the 5th century AD, a period of time which coincides with the Hinayana and Mahayana phase...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

133. Photo 125/1(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(29)
Title:
[Right side of the nave, Cave XIX, Ajanta.] Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the right side of the nave, Cave 19, Ajanta. The thirty magnificent cave temples of Ajanta are situated in a horse-shoe valley of the Waghora river in West India and consist of prayer halls (chaityas) and monasteries (viharas), built for the Buddhist community who lived there. The ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

134. Photo 125/1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(11)
Title:
[General view of Ajanta Caves XVI-XXVII from the ravine below.] Photographer: Gill, Robert
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the general view of Caves 16-27, Ajanta. The thirty magnificent cave temples of Ajanta are situated in a horse-shoe valley of the Waghora river in West India and consist of prayer halls (chaityas) and monasteries (viharas), built for the Buddhist community who lived there. The firs...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

135. Photo 125/1(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/1(18)
Title:
[Facade of Cave IX, Ajanta.] Photographer: Gill, Robert
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the facade of Cave 9, at Ajanta. The thirty magnificent cave temples of Ajanta are situated in a horse-shoe valley of the Waghora river in West India and consist of prayer halls (chaityas) and monasteries (viharas), built for the Buddhist community who lived there. The first group ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item