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Photo 1000/5(494a)
- Record Id:
- 041-003127174
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-003127169
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026192635.0x0001e9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147614937.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1000/5(494a)
- Title:
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Carved figure of a Nagaraja in the Buddhist chaitya hall, Cave XIX, Ajanta. Photographer: Burgess, James
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Architectural Photography
Close view of sculpture of seated Nagaraja figure. Photograph credited to Henry Cousens, but probably more likely to have been taken by James Burgess, to whom it is credited in the lithographed version reproduced in James Fergusson and James Burgesss, 'The Cave Temples of India' (London, 1880), plate 39.
Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (India Office Series); chaitya halls (Buddhist); Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Buddhist); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Buddhist); interiors; Nagaraja images; rock-cut temples; temples
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003126686
040-003127169
041-003127174 - Is part of:
- Photo 1000 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: India Office Series
Photo 1000/5 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: India Office Series (volume 5: Archaeological Survey of Western India).
Photo 1000/5(494a) : Carved figure of a Nagaraja in the Buddhist chaitya hall, Cave XIX, Ajanta. Photographer: Burgess, James - Hierarchy:
- 032-003126686[0006]/040-003127169[0005]/041-003127174
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1000
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147614937.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1870
- End Date:
- 1879
- Date Range:
- 1870s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- 264
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Burgess, James, archaeologist, 1832-1916
- Subjects:
- Ajanta Cave 19
Architectural Styles
Architectural Types
Architecture
Art
Buddhist Architecture
Buddhist Cave Temples
Buddhist Monasteries
Buddhist Sculpture
Buddhist Temples
Cave Temples
Chaitya Halls
Hindu Images
Interiors
Monasteries
Nagaraja Images
Religion
Religious Buildings
Religious Images
Religious Sculpture
Rock-cut Temples
Sculpture
Temples - Places:
- Ajanta, Maharashtra, Mahārāshtra, India, Asia
- Related Material:
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Original negative held