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Photo 1002/1(39)

Record Id:

041-003133666

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003133616

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026192681.0x0003ba

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 1002/1(39)

Title:

General view of the Mosque of Abu Nasir Khan, with statue lying in foreground, Jajpur, Cuttack District. Photographer: Cornish, William Henry

Scope & Content:

Genre: Architectural Photography

Described in 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal. Revised and corrected up to 31st August 1895' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 472-475:

'Adjoining the compound of the Subdivisional Office stands a mosque with two minarets. It is about 70 feet long by 80 broad. It has four minarets on the east face; those in the centre small; the two at the outside large. From the ground to the summit of the two highest minarets may be about 50 or 60 feet. On the roof are three domes, the largest being in the centre and measuring about 80 feet in circumference at the springing of the arch. These domes are mere covering to three flat groined domes, which form the roof of the interior. There are openings to the interior of the domes on the roof, and very possibly they were used, and are used, as places of concealment. There are three Gothic doorways on the east face. Over the centre one is a Persian inscription ... The arithmetical value of the letters give the date of the building 1098 Hijri.'

T. Bloch, 'A list of the photographic negatives of Indian antiquities in the collection of the Indian Museum: with which is incorporated the list of similar negatives in the possession of the the India Office' (Calcutta, 1900) states, 'The statue looks like an image of Avalokiteshvara.' For a closer view of the statue, see Photo 1002/1 (40).

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003133616
040-003133617
041-003133666

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(39) : General view of the Mosque of Abu Nasir Khan, with statue lying in foreground, Jajpur, Cuttack District. Photographer:…

Hierarchy:

032-003133616[0001]/040-003133617[0049]/041-003133666

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1002

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

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Not applicable

Techniques:

Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print

Start Date:

1869

End Date:

1871

Date Range:

c 1870

Era:

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