EditorialA nun walks around a stupa (Buddhist shrine) at Druk Amitabha Nunnery, on a hill overlooking Kathmandu, Nepal, Feb. 3, 2023. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times)
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.
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 ...
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).
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.
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.
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...
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.