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Photo 125/1(11)
- Record Id:
- 041-003048502
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003048490
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025648639.0x00041b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100137776726.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 125/1(11)
- Title:
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[General view of Ajanta Caves XVI-XXVII from the ravine below.] Photographer: Gill, Robert
- Scope & Content:
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Photograph of the general view of Caves 16-27, Ajanta. The thirty magnificent cave temples of Ajanta are situated in a horse-shoe valley of the Waghora river in West India and consist of prayer halls (chaityas) and monasteries (viharas), built for the Buddhist community who lived there. The first group was excavated between the 2nd - 1st century BC. After a period of more than six centuries, the excavations restarted around the 5th century AD in the Vakataka period which coincided with the Hinayana and Mahayana phases of Buddhist art. The caves are numbered 1-28 according to their location on the cliff and not chronologically. They consist of monasteries and prayer-halls used by a community of Buddhist monks who resided there. The later caves contain very rich sculptures and paintings which are unparalleled in the history of Indian art.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003048490
040-003048491
041-003048502 - Is part of:
- Photo 125 : Sir Richard Carnac Temple Collection: Views of India, China and England. Photographer(s): Beato, Felice
Photo 125/1 : Sir Richard Carnac Temple Collection: Views of monuments in India. Photographer(s): Gill, Robert
Photo 125/1(11) : [General view of Ajanta Caves XVI-XXVII from the ravine below.] Photographer: Gill, Robert - Hierarchy:
- 032-003048490[0001]/040-003048491[0011]/041-003048502
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 125
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100137776726.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1869
- Date Range:
- 1860s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- 249
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known