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Photo 1002/1(25)
- Record Id:
- 041-003133642
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003133616
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026192681.0x0003a2
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1002/1(25)
- Title:
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Asokan edict pillar at Lauriya Araraj, Champaran District. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Architectural Photography
General view of Asokan edict pillar and surrounding houses.
Described in 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal. Corrected up to 31st August 1895' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 378-379:
'Araraj is a village situated about 20 miles to the north-west of Kesariya. About a mile to the south-west there is a lofty stone column, called Laur, which bears in well-cut and well-preserved letters several of the edicts of King Asoka. The edicts, which are most neatly engraved, are divided into two distinct portions, that to the north containing 18 lines and that to the south 23 lines. The pillar consists of a single block of polished sandstone, 36½ feet high, with a diameter at the base of 41' 8'' and 37' 6'' at the top. There is no capital, and the whole has been much disfigured by the names which visitors have cut upon it. Protected by railing. In good order. Was provided some time ago at the cost of Government with iron railings around it. These railings are in good order and looked after by the District Engineer.'
Facsimile and translation of the inscription in 'Epigraphia Indica,' vol. II, pp. 245-272.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003133616
040-003133617
041-003133642 - Is part of:
- Photo 1002 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Indian Museum Series. Photographer(s): Joseph Daviditch Melik Beglar, Shepherd and…
Photo 1002/1 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Indian Museum Series (volume 1, nos. 1-50, Bengal). Photographer(s): Beglar,…
Photo 1002/1(25) : Asokan edict pillar at Lauriya Araraj, Champaran District. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin - Hierarchy:
- 032-003133616[0001]/040-003133617[0025]/041-003133642
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1002
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1895
- End Date:
- 1895
- Date Range:
- 1895
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 246 mm x 286 mm
Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Paper
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Caddy, Alexander Edwin, Drawing Master and photographer for Archaeological Survey of India, 1846-1904
- Subjects:
- Archaeological Survey Of India Collections
Archaeological Survey of India: Indian Museum Series
Asokan Edict Pillar (Lauriya Araraj)
Asokan Edict Pillars
Edict Pillars
Pillars - Places:
- Lauriya Araraj, Bihar, Bihār, India, Asia