EditorialKomachi resting on a stupa, no. 6 from a series of 12 prints. Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1703-1713. Dimensions: 26.7 x 38.1 cm. Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e. Origin: Japan.
EditorialKomachi resting on a stupa, no. 6 from a series of 12 prints. Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1703-1713. Dimensions: 26.7 x 38.1 cm. Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e. Origin: Japan.
EditorialViswakarma. The interior of the chaitya hall of the 7th century Vishvakarma cave, the last important such chaitya hall made in western India, is divided into three aisles by 28 octagonal pillars with plain bracket capitals (omitted in the print). Above...
EditorialA general view of the Dhamekh Stupa at Sarnath. Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Indian Museum Series (Duplicates). 1870s. Photograph. Source: Photo 1003/(673).
EditorialKomachi resting on a stupa, no. 6 from a series of 12 prints. Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1703-1713. Dimensions: 26.7 x 38.1 cm. Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e. Origin: Japan.
EditorialKomachi resting on a stupa, no. 6 from a series of 12 prints. Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1703-1713. Dimensions: 26.7 x 38.1 cm. Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e. Origin: Japan.
EditorialStupa of Shwemawdaw Pagoda, Bago, Myanmar (Shoemadoo, the great temple at Pegue, Burma). Adapted from Michael Symes' An Account of an Embassy in the Kingdom of Ava. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's A...
EditorialSingalese stupa at Moegerikalle. Draughtsman: Jan Brandes. Dating: 10-Oct-1785 - 14-Feb-1786. Place: Mulkirigala (Sri Lanka). Measurements: h 328 mm ? w 414 mm.
EditorialGold amulet containing relics, 2nd century. This amulet would have been valued for exuding divine energy and was probably worn as a protective talisman by a pious Buddhist. One of the gold coins discovered in the amulet is well known for its depiction ...
EditorialGoing round Sanchi Tope. Lord Curzon and his entourage inspecting the stupa. Curzon Collection: 'HE Lord Curzon's first tour in India, 1899'. 28 Nov. 1899. Photograph. Source: Photo 430/17(26). Language: English.
Editorial[Chaukhandi,] Sarnath, Benares. The remains of the octagonal tower, built to commemorate the visit of the Emperor Humayun to Sarnath, standing on the remains of an earlier Buddhist stupa. Album of Indian views. 1870s. Photograph. Source: Photo 513/3(47).
EditorialA small village and temple stupa. . Oriental Scenery. Twenty four views in Hindoostan. London : Robt Bowyer, 1795, 1797. Daniell, Thomas, 1749-1840. Oriental Scenery. Twenty four views in Hindoostan drawn and engraved by Thomas Daniell. (Taken in the ...
EditorialViswakarma. The interior of the chaitya hall of the 7th century Vishvakarma cave, the last important such chaitya hall made in western India, is divided into three aisles by 28 octagonal pillars with plain bracket capitals (omitted in the print). Above...
EditorialThree plans and one section plan of stone circles near the stupa. 85 sheets of drawings of the site and sculptures at Amaravati and two notes. 1816 - 1819. Source: WD 1061, f.10. Language: English.
EditorialA general view of the Dhamekh Stupa at Sarnath. Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Indian Museum Series (Duplicates). 1870s. Photograph. Source: Photo 1003/(673).
EditorialFragment of early coping. The Buddhist Stupas of Amaravati and Jaggayyapeta. 1884. Fragment of early coping; fragment of early pillar and two other small fragments, from the Amravati Stupa. Image taken from The Buddhist Stupas of Amaravati and Jaggayy...
EditorialStupa of Shwemawdaw Pagoda, Bago, Myanmar (Shoemadoo, the great temple at Pegue, Burma). Adapted from Michael Symes' An Account of an Embassy in the Kingdom of Ava. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's A...
EditorialStupa. Clay, gypsum and clay daubing. 7th-8th C. Buddhist monastery Ajina-tepe. Chamber XXXI. Tajikistan. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialFragment of a frieze from the central step of a stair leading up to a stupa. Limestone, H: 17,2, L: 25,9 cm Gandhara-style, from Chatchil-i-Gundi, Hadda, Afghanistan. MG 17210.
EditorialGold amulet containing relics, 2nd century. This amulet would have been valued for exuding divine energy and was probably worn as a protective talisman by a pious Buddhist. One of the gold coins discovered in the amulet is well known for its depiction ...
EditorialGrey schist relief panel of figures venerating a stupa, late 1st-2nd CE. The procession of figures are performing the rite of pradakshina, the circumambulation of a stupa in clockwise direction. They are led by a figure carrying a lamp. On the other si...