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Kanheri: Cave pillar

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dc.contributor.authorFrederic, Louis
dc.coverage.spatialIndia (Kanheri Caves, Maharashtra)
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-24T05:27:38Z
dc.date.available2019-05-24T05:27:38Z
dc.date.created1959
dc.date.updated2019-05-24T05:27:38Z
dc.descriptionIts style is reminiscent of that of the Dumar Lena and of Elephanta, There are more than a hundred caves in the Kanheri complex, the excavation of which lasted from the 2nd to the 9th century Some of the caves, usually the small ones, sometimes have gigantic pillars like this one which are simply columns with 16 sided cushion capitals with a support for the architrave and a square base, [formerly IM-591, number crossed out and replaced with IA-471a]en_AU
dc.format.extent35mmen_AU
dc.format.mediummounted transparencyen_AU
dc.format.mediumb&wen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiffen_AU
dc.identifierANUA 682-403en_AU
dc.identifier.otherIA-471aen_AU
dc.identifier.otherIA-471a
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/163179
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBasham Collection
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subjectPre-Classical Cave Templesen_AU
dc.subjectKanherien_AU
dc.subjectKaradhen_AU
dc.subjectKarlien_AU
dc.subjectKondaneen_AU
dc.subjectKudaen_AU
dc.subjectarchitectureen_AU
dc.subjectstone sculptureen_AU
dc.subjectbook scanen_AU
dc.titleKanheri: Cave pillar
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesSource: Frederic, L, Indian Temples & Sculpture, Thames & Hudson, London, 1959, Illus, 134, p, 166

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