Large pottery vase found during excavation of a vihara at Arugolu, Godavari District. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
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Large vase or pot, more than two feet tall, held upright for photogaphy by an Indian man. See general note at print 2252. Duplicate at Photo 1008/1 (203).
Inscribed hexagonal crystal found at Bhattiprolu: three views showing the six sides. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
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Three views on one print, of the same inscribed crystal. Reproduced in photogravure as pl. v of Alexander Rea, South Indian Buddhist antiquities (A.S.I., New Imperial Series vol. XV, Madras, 1894). Subjects = archaeological finds; relics; Buddhist relics
Close view of pillars in the (?)Pudu Mandapa, Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
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Genre: Architectural Photography Identification uncertain. Credited to H. H. Cole in T. Bloch, 'A list of the photographic negatives of Indian antiquities in the collection of the Indian Museum: with which is incorporated the list of similar negatives in the possession of the the India Office'...
Colonnade of pillars in the Viravasantaraya Mandapa, Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
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Genre: Architectural Photography Identified as the Pudu Mandapa in T. Bloch, 'A list of the photographic negatives of Indian antiquities in the collection of the Indian Museum: with which is incorporated the list of similar negatives in the possession of the the India Office' (Calcutta, 1900). ...
Close view of pillar with sculptured figure from the Pudu Mandapa, Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
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Genre: Architectural Photography A dark and indistinct print. Credited to H. H. Cole in T. Bloch, 'A list of the photographic negatives of Indian antiquities in the collection of the Indian Museum: with which is incorporated the list of similar negatives in the possession of the the India Offic...
Silver and gold-plated vahana in the form of an elephant in the Kumbheshvara Temple, Kumbakonam. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
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Large vahana in the form of an elephant, standing on a wheeled platform, with an Indian figure posed beside the vehicle to indicate scale. Duplicate at Photo 1008/1 (173). Subjects = vahanas (vehicle of the deity)
North elevation of the sanctuary of the Ghritapuresvaraswami Temple, Tillaisthanam, Thanjavur District. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
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Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indian Museum Series); Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples