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Photo 1009/2(1422)

Record Id:

041-003155042

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003154886

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026372065.0x00009d

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ISAD(G)

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Photo 1009/2(1422)

Title:

Eran. General view of ruins at, from north-east. Photographer: Cousens, Henry

Scope & Content:

Genre: Architectural Photography

Captioned and numbered in the negative. In the centre is the Buddhagupta Pillar and to the left the remaining column of a gateway. In the background is the massive boar statue (Varaha), and to the right of this the ruins of the Vishnu Temple. See also prints 1294-1299. 'I was somewhat disappointed with the extent of the remains at Eran, though this is compensated for by their great interest.The figure of 'Bhim Sen' is nothing more than a colossal image of Vishnu, much mutilated. There were here at least five shrines in a row, all facing east, while out before them stand two great monoliths. The plinth lines of these shrines can in most part be traced. That on the north, out of which has grown a great tree, held a life-sized standing figure of Narasinha. Next to this on the south come two little shrines, or rather, perhaps...a double shrine...The next was the shrine which enclosed the big image of Vishnu, which still stands in its original position.Beyond this again is the great Varaha, or boar, over which a building once undoubtedly stood. This image measures fourteen feet one and a half inches long by eleven feet three inches high. It is cut from a single block of stone and has been placed in the position it now occupies. Straight out before the Varaha stands the lesser of the two monolithic pillars. These shrines all contained, I believe, images of the principal avatars of Vishnu. Pillars, beams, and doorways lie about in confusion...From Sagar, Eran, and Etava we brought away six sheets of drawings, eleven photographs, and five inscription impressions' (Henry Cousens, 'Progress Report of the Archaeological Survey of Western India, for the months May 1893 to April 1894', pp. 7-8). The ruins are also described in detail in A. Cunningham, 'Report of tours in Bundelkhand and Malwa in 1874-75 and 1876-77' (A.S.I. vol. X, Calcutta, 1880), pp. 76-90. Another copy of this print at Photo 1002 (1293).

Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Western Circle); Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); lats

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003154886
040-003155000
041-003155042

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Photo 1009 : Archaeological Survey of India: Western Circle Photographs. Photographer(s): Archaeological Survey of India; Cousens, Henry
Photo 1009/2 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Western India 1893-94. Photographer(s): Cousens, Henry

Photo 1009/2(1422) : Eran. General view of ruins at, from north-east. Photographer: Cousens, Henry

Hierarchy:

032-003154886[0003]/040-003155000[0042]/041-003155042

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1009

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

1 item

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Techniques:

Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print

Start Date:

1893

End Date:

1895

Date Range:

Mar 1894-Apr 1894

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