Quwat-ul-Islam: Pillars
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Frederic, Louis
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
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These pillars, used in the 12th century to construct a mosque, come from a Hindu temple demolished by the Muslims: simply used after they destroyed the representations of Hindu deities which had been carved on the shafts. Probably date from the 8th or 9th Century.
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Basham Collection
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1959
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