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Chitor, Tower of Fame (Sri Allata's). More than 70' high. c.1100

Date

Authors

Brown, Percy
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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Abstract

Description

Dedicated to Adinath, first Jain Tirthankara, the nude figures of them repeated over and over again on the face of the tower distinguish it as a Digambara monument.

Keywords

Gujarat & South Rajasthan, architecture, book scan

Citation

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/176340

Collections

Basham Photographs

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Type

Image

Archives Series

Basham Collection

Date created

1956

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This item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.

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