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Photo 1003(1328)

Record Id:

040-003137796

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003136414

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026192714.0x000566

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100147623234.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 1003(1328)

Title:

Close view of sculptures (Kurmavatara and Nagakanya) in the pillared hall, Pathari, Bhopal State. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik

Scope & Content:

Genre: Architectural Photography

Described in J. D. Beglar, 'Report of a tour in Bundelkhand and Malwa, 1871-72...' (A.S.I. vol VII, Calcutta, 1878), pp. 76-77: 'Close to the embankment and north-east of the great temple stands a group of ruins, consisting of the ruins of several temples and pillared halls; the principal one appears to have consisted of a court-yard surrounded on three sides by pillared halls...The statues inside are numerous; there are, in fact, all the ten avatars of Vishnu except the fish; the tortoise incarnation is remarkable [left side of photograph]...it represents a pole on the back of a tortoise with a rope wound round it, the ends of which are held on opposite sides by human figures; it is a representation of the churning of the sea when Vishnu assumed the form of a tortoise...The statue of the Buddha incarnation [right of print, indistinct]...is remarkable; it represents a man standing, holding an alms-bowl in his hand, and with a canopy over his head of the extended hood of a naga; this is a very unusual way of representing Buddha, and as such worthy of notice.'

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003136414
040-003137796

Is part of:

Photo 1003 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Indian Museum Series (Duplicates)

Photo 1003(1328) : Close view of sculptures (Kurmavatara and Nagakanya) in the pillared hall, Pathari, Bhopal State. Photographer: Beglar,…

Hierarchy:

032-003136414[1381]/040-003137796

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1003

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

Not applicable

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Techniques:

Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print

Start Date:

1871

End Date:

1872

Date Range:

1871-1872

Era:

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