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Mss Eur D95 A-B
- Record Id:
- 040-003464102
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002264861
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100087298554.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur D95 A-B
- Title:
- Buchanan-Hamilton Drawings Volume II: sculpture and architecture with plans of sites made dugin the Bengal Survey
- Scope & Content:
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246 drawings of sculpture and architecture with plans of sites made during Buchanan's surveys in the Bengal Presidency, 1807-1814.
Section i, nos.1-31. Drawings made in Benares, Sarnath, Allahabad for a survey which was never completed. 1813-1814. Section ii, nos 1-204. Drawings made during the surveys of Dinajpur, Rangpur, Bhagalpur, Shahabad, Bihar and Patna, and Gorakhpur. 1807-1814.
Drawings of sites and monuments at the following places are included: Dinajpur district: tomb of Ghiyath al-din; Rangpur district: Kamalpur, Jalpes; Bhagalpur district: Champanagar, Karinpur; Shahabad district: Sher Shah's tomb at Sasaram, palace at Rohtasgarh, Baijnath temple; Bihar and Patna: Gaya, Bodhgaya, Barabar caves, Kundulpur, Begumpur, Manora, Daudnagar, Dapthu, Baragaon (Nalanda), Rajgir; Gorakhpur district: temples at Gorakhpur, Rudrapur, Dudnath.
Inscribed with titles in ink.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002264861
036-003464077
040-003464102 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur Buchanan : Papers of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762-1829)
Mss Eur C14, D95-97, E73, G25 : Drawings, Maps and Inscriptions
Mss Eur D95 A-B : Buchanan-Hamilton Drawings Volume II: sculpture and architecture with plans of sites made dugin the Bengal Survey - Hierarchy:
- 032-002264861[0010]/036-003464077[0002]/040-003464102
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur Buchanan
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume in 2 parts
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Styles:
- Bengal style
Calcutta style
Eastern India style - Start Date:
- 1807
- End Date:
- 1814
- Date Range:
- 1807-1814
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pen-and-ink; wash.
Sizes varying from 8.25 by 6.75 ins to 28 by 38.5 ins folded into a volume 13.5 by 8.25 ins. - Former Internal References:
- K171.1
- Finding Aids:
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For the full description, see G.R Kaye and E.H. Johnston, Catalogue of Manuscripts in European Languages (London: HMSO, 1937), no. K171.
Further references to this manuscript may be found in the Mildred Archer, Natural History Drawings in the India Office Library (London: 1962).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Architecture
Buddhist divinities
Hindu divinities
Maps and plans
Sculpture
Temples