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Photo 1006/1(472)
- Record Id:
- 041-003142580
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003142181
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026192874.0x000190
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1006/1(472)
- Title:
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Rarang. Ancient Devi hut with ram's head on roof-beam. Photographer: Pindi Lal (Archaeological Survey of India).
- Scope & Content:
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Francke (1914), p. 14: 'Above the village of Rarang, on the road, there is an old hut which is known as the most ancient mandir of Rarang ... It is rectangular, and has a slanting roof. . The door beams are furnished with wood carvings. On the lintel, the figure of an elephant carrying a human being can be distinguished. This is possibly a representation of Indra. Of particular interest is the gable-roof which ends in the carving of a ram's head, and thus reminds us strongly of the devata-huts in the Manchad valley (Lahul). In its general appearance also, this mandir resembles the devata-huts of the Manchad people, who are closely related to them by lingual and ethnic characteristics. As this hut is practically the last specimen of Indian hill architecture on the road ... it will be well to review all the observations we have made with regard to this architecture ... The most elementary form of hill architecture is represented by the ancient mandir at Rarang, which consists of a one-roomed house with a rectangular ground-plan and a slanting roof...'
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003142181
040-003142183
041-003142580 - Is part of:
- Photo 1006 : Archaeological Survey of India: Frontier Circle Photographs. Photographer(s): Archaeological Survey of India
Photo 1006/1 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Frontier Circle, 1906-10. Photographer(s): Archaeological Survey of India (Pindi Lal…
Photo 1006/1(472) : Rarang. Ancient Devi hut with ram's head on roof-beam. Photographer: Pindi Lal (Archaeological Survey of India). - Hierarchy:
- 032-003142181[0002]/040-003142183[0397]/041-003142580
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1006
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Gelatin Silver Print
- Start Date:
- 1909
- End Date:
- 1909
- Date Range:
- 29-30 Jun 1909
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Gelatin silver print, 152 mm x 108 mm
Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Card
- Publications:
- Published as plate 7(b), August Hermann Francke, Antiquities of Indian Tibet, Archaeological Survey of India, New Imperial Series, vol. XXXVIII (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, 1914).
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Lal, Pindi
- Subjects:
- Archaeological Survey Of India Collections
Archaeological Survey Of India: Frontier Circle
Architecture
Shrines - Places:
- Rarang, Himachal Pradesh, India