Janus: Photographs of India

RCS/Y3022C-E/Y3022D contains:
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36	The Memorial Well, statue by Marochetti
37	The mausoleum of Akbar, the upper marble sarcophagus, Secundra
38	The principle gate of the Fort, Bhurtpore
39	The Fort, Deig
40	The Fort, the Palace and Principal Entrance
41	The Happy Valley, Gwalior
42	Ancient Brahminical temple in the Fort, carved pillars, &c.
43	Oriental Bank, Watson's Hotel, &c.
44	General view of the great cave of Elephanta from entrance
45	Colossal figures on the Linga Chapel
46	The Queen's statue
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Photographs of India

Title	The Happy Valley, Gwalior
Reference	Y3022D/41
Creator	Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer
Covering Dates	1860–1869 (Probably taken during the mid 1860s.)

Content and context

297 x 242 mm. Showing the massive stone figures carved from the rock face of the Urwahi Ravine of the W side of Gwalior ridge. These rock sculptures were made in the 15th century, mutilated on the orders of the Emperor Babar some sixty years later and subsequently repaired with coloured stucco by the Jains. Bourne no. 1328A.

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Asia

Gwalior

India

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