Photo 1003(1135)

Large group of sculpture fragments (pieces of frieze, bases and capitals of columns, animal sculptures, etc.). This is one of a series of photographs taken for H. H. Cole at Mardan by Serrot, and not, as stated 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), by Cole himself. Reproduced in photogravure in 'Illustrations of Graeco-Buddhist sculptures from the Yusufzai District', in vol. I of H. H. Cole, 'Preservation of monuments in India' (c. 1885), pl. 2: 'The site where the sculptures were dug is perched on a steep spur, and was the first excavation done under my superintendence in January 1883. The building revealed two distinct periods, and consists of a basement containing small topes, and of a superstructure of plain apartments, built obliquely over the basement, apparently withour reference to its plan. The sculptures were found in the basement and belong to the older period; coins of Kanishka, A.D. 80 to 120, were found in the superstructure and belong to the more modern period. Since the photograph was taken I have pieced many of the fragments together and so rendered the subjects more intelligible. The collection is for the Lahore Museum.'

Location = North-West Frontier Province; Pakistan; Sanghao