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WD1066(37)
- Record Id:
- 041-003882014
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003288785
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121665054.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100162036786.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD1066(37)
- Title:
- [Column at Sitanagar south of Vijayawada, 2 Sept 1815]. Artist (s): Anonymous.
- Scope & Content:
- Pen and ink drawing dated 2 Sept 1815, of a column in front of a temple at Sitanagar near Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, taken from an album of 37 drawings (43 folios), including one duplicate, of sculpture at Jajpur, Puri, Bezwada and Sitanagar made during a journey from Bengal through Orissa to the Coromandel Coast, dated 1815. Some drawings are by MacKenzie's draftsmen, J. Newman, J.H. Schencks and Pyari Lal. Vijayawada, formerly known as Bezwada, was an important centre of the Vishnukundin rulers in the fifth-sixth centuries. The city was taken by the Early Chalukya (later known as Eastern Chalukya) of Badami and became the headquarters of their eastern domains. The strategic position of the town commanding the coastal trading routes of the Bay of Bengal determined its economic importance through the centuries. It is surrounded by picturesque hills with the river Krishna flowing on the south. The remains of Buddhist structures at Vijayawada suggest that there must have been a monastic establishment. When the Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang stayed in a monastery in 639 he already noticed the decline of Buddhism. There are five rock-cut cave-temples which were excavated during the Eastern Chalukya period in the 7th century in the hills outside the city centre. The caves have porches with undecorated squat columns and inside have carving of various divinities. In the west part of the city there are other two cave-temples. This drawing depicts a copper gilt column standing in front of a temple at Sitanagar, south of Vijayawada.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- MacKenzie Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003288785
040-003881977
041-003882014 - Is part of:
- MacKenzie Collection : MacKenzie CollectionMACKENZIE, COLIN (1754-1821) Madras Engineers 1782-1821; Surveyor-General of India 1817-21.
WD1066 : Album of 37 drawings, including one duplicate, of sculpture at Jajpur, Puri, Bezwada and Sitanagar made during a journey from Bengal…
WD1066(37) : [Column at Sitanagar south of Vijayawada, 2 Sept 1815]. Artist (s): Anonymous. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003288785[0398]/040-003881977[0037]/041-003882014
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MacKenzie Collection
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100162036786.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1815
- End Date:
- 1815
- Date Range:
- 1815
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 533
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)