Photo 1002/22(1135)

Large group of sculpture fragments (pieces of frieze, bases and capitals of columns, animal sculptures, etc.). This is one of a series of photographs taken for Cole at Mardan by Serrot, and not, as Bloch's list states, by Cole himself. Reproduced in photogravure in Illustrations of Graeco-Buddhist sculptures from the Yusufzai District, in vol. I of H.H. Cole, Preservation of monuments in India (c. 1885), pl. 2: 'The site where the sculptures were dug is perched on a steep spur, and was the first excavation done under my superintendence in January 1883. The building revealed two distinct periods, and consists of a basement containing small topes, and of a superstructure of plain apartments, built obliquely over the basement, apparently withour reference to its plan. The sculptures were found in the basement and belong to the older period; coins of Kanishka, A.D. 80 to 120, were found in the superstructure and belong to the more modern period. Since the photograph was taken I have pieced many of the fragments together and so rendered the subjects more intelligible. The collection is for the Lahore Museum.'

Subjects = archaeological excavations; archaeological sites; Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indian Museum Series); archaeology; Gandharan art; Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Buddhist); museum objects

Location = North-West Frontier Province; Pakistan; Sanghao