The Great Temple at Harihar, Chitradurga District. Photographer: Dixon, Henry
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Inscription: Signed 'H.D.' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of temple, with large inscription slabs standing in foreground. India Museum no. 624. Printed by W. Griggs, August 1872. Another copy at Photo 1000/23 (2255a).
Interior of Fort with temples, Chitradurga. Photographer: Dixon, Henry
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Inscription: Signed 'H.D.' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking down onto temple, with stambha and free-standing arch and rocky hillside rising beyond. India Museum no. 633. Printed by W. Griggs, August 1872. Another copy at Photo 1000/23(2251a).
Interior of Fort with temples, Chitradurga. Photographer: Dixon, Henry
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Inscription: Signed 'H.D' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of temple in fort, with stambha and free-standing arch in the foreground and boulder-strewn hillside behind. India Museum no. 634. Printed by W. Griggs, August 1872, from a broken glass negative. Another cop...
General view of exterior of the Kailasanatha rock-cut temple, Ellora. Photographer: Nepean, Henry Mack
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the entrance, with the hillside beyond. India Museum no. 727. Received from Government of India, Financial Department, (dated 9 June 1871), 9 October 1871, forwarded at the request of Sir Salar Jung.
Shrine in the cloisters of the Kailasanatha rock-cut temple, Ellora. Photographer: Nepean, Henry Mack
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards entrance to shrine on the south side, the opening supported on two pillars carved with the figures of goddesses. India Museum no. 732. Received from Government of India, Financial Department, (dated 9 June 1871), 9 October 1871, forwarded a...
Carved pillars of façade of mandapa of the Kailasanatha Temple, Taramangalam. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Line of richly-carved pillars of rearing horses and riders, along the exterior of the mandapa. Duplicate at print 2599. India Museum no. 772.
Close view of sculptural details on wall of Jalakanteshvara Temple, Vellore. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Head-on view of portion of façade near the side entrance of the temple, showing sculptural decoration in the form of a row of decorative pilasters surmounted by representations of various temple buildings. Duplicate at print 2589. India Museum no. 649.
New Goaldih Mosque, known as Abdul Hamid's Masjid, Sonargaon. Photographer: Brennand, W.
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the mosque, a square building with a single, central dome. Mentioned in J. Wise, 'Notes on Sunargaon, Eastern Bengal' (Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. XLIII, part I, Calcutta, 1874), p. 92: 'In the division called Goaldih, which co...
General view of the Vahiyaka Cave, Nagarjuni Range, Barabar Hills. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Architectural Photography Showing the doorway, with sloping jambs, and surrounding rock face containing the cave-temple. Peppé calls the cave the 'Vadithi-Ka-Kubha Cave'. Described in Maulvi Muhammad Hamid Kuraishi, 'List of ancient monuments protected under Act VII of 1904 in the Provin...