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Photo 125/1(12)
- Record Id:
- 041-003048503
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003048490
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025648639.0x00041c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100137776733.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 125/1(12)
- Title:
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[General view of Ajanta Caves I-XV.] Photographer: Gill, Robert
- Scope & Content:
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Photograph of a general view of Caves 1-15 at Ajanta. The Buddhist cave temples of Ajanta were excavated into a horse-shoe shaped cliff overlooking the Waghora River in the 2nd – 1st century BC and later in the 5th century AD, a period of time which coincides 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 consists of monasteries and prayer-halls used by the 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
041-003048503 - 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(12) : [General view of Ajanta Caves I-XV.] Photographer: Gill, Robert - Hierarchy:
- 032-003048490[0001]/040-003048491[0012]/041-003048503
- 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_100137776733.0x000001 (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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- User Conditions:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- 248
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Gill, Robert, Major, Indian Army officer, artist and photographer, 1804-1879
- Subjects:
- Ajanta Caves
Architectural Types
Architecture
Buddhist Cave Temples
Buddhist Temples
Religious Buildings
Temples - Places:
- Ajanta, Maharashtra, Mahārāshtra, India, Asia
- Related Material:
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Original negative held