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Photo 1002/35(1901)

Record Id:

041-003135654

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003133616

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026192681.0x000b7e

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 1002/35(1901)

Title:

Close view of a group of viragals (memorial stones), showing sculptural details, Betgeri. Photographer: Cousens, Henry

Scope & Content:

Genre: Architectural Photography

Reproduced in Henry Cousens, 'The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts' (Archaeological Survey of India, vol. XLII, New Imperial Series, Calcutta, 1926), plate 154a and described, p. 143: 'One of the largest and most interesting groups of these stones is that in the middle of the village of Betgere, not far from Gadag railway station...It is walled in and so protected from injury. There are fifteen stones, fourteen of which are very large, some standing from twelve to thirteen feet out of the ground, with a width of about four feet six inches. The tops of most of these great slabs are finished off like the topmost ridge-roof member of the gopuras of Dravidian temples, only that, instead of a row of many water-pot kalasas, there is but one kalasa. It will be seen that many of these have the symbol of the man's trade or caste sculptured at the bottom - a plough, a mason's mallet and block and an oil-mill. Some of these are Saiva and others Vaishnava, while two have been made objects of worship, the sculptures and inscriptions of which have been thickly caked all over with many applications of oil. In the sculptures we find several different military standards, and it would be interesting if we could assign them to specific leaders or kings. The staff of the standard, in one case, carries the effigy of an elephant, and in another a Nandi or sacred bull.'

For another copy of this print, see Photo 102 (2).

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003133616
040-003135621
041-003135654

Is part of:

Photo 1002 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Indian Museum Series. Photographer(s): Joseph Daviditch Melik Beglar, Shepherd and…
Photo 1002/35 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Indian Museum Series (volume 35, nos. 1869-1924: Bombay). Photographer(s): Cousens, Henry

Photo 1002/35(1901) : Close view of a group of viragals (memorial stones), showing sculptural details, Betgeri. Photographer: Cousens, Henry

Hierarchy:

032-003133616[0035]/040-003135621[0033]/041-003135654

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1002

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

1 item

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Languages:

Not applicable

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Not applicable

Techniques:

Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print

Start Date:

1880

End Date:

1889

Date Range:

1880s

Era:

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