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Photo 1002/30(1598)

Record Id:

041-003135346

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003133616

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026192681.0x000a4a

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 1002/30(1598)

Title:

General view of temple at Bijolia. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik

Scope & Content:

Genre: Architectural Photography

Printed from a broken glass negative. General view of the double-towered temples, described in A.C.L. Carlleyle, 'Report of a tour in Eastern Rajputana in 1871-72 and 1872-73' (A.S.I. vol. VI, Calcutta, 1878), pp. 244-249: 'Temple of Mahalkal and Bijnath. This temple contains a grand, domed, central hall, or vestibule, and two side shrines, and a small side chamber, as well as a small upper chamber over the last; the two shrines being each surmounted by a separate sikar, or spire, while the small side chamber is surmounted by a pointed dome, and the great hall is covered by a low, somewhat flattened rounded dome; so that this is, in reality, a large building containing two temples under one roof, as well as the great central hall, and two small side chambers, one above the other; and it is surmoiunted by two sikars and two domes.'

Subjects = Indian architecture

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003133616
040-003135274
041-003135346

Is part of:

Photo 1002 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Indian Museum Series. Photographer(s): Joseph Daviditch Melik Beglar, Shepherd and…
Photo 1002/30 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Indian Museum Series (volume 30, nos. 1527-1618: Rajputana). Photographer(s): Cole,…

Photo 1002/30(1598) : General view of temple at Bijolia. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik

Hierarchy:

032-003133616[0030]/040-003135274[0072]/041-003135346

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1002

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

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Techniques:

Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print

Start Date:

1870

End Date:

1879

Date Range:

1870s

Era:

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