Detail of carvings of the Dhamekh Stupa, Sarnath, near Benares (now Varanasi), India

People:

John Edward Saché (photographer)

Title:

Detail of carvings of the Dhamekh Stupa, Sarnath, near Benares (now Varanasi), India

Date:

between 1863 and 1870

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 21.2 x 27.4 cm secondary support: 28.1 x 35.5 cm

Reference number:

PH1980:0215

Point of View:

partial view
exterior view

Inscription:

numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, u.l.: "333" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, u.l. to u.r.: "The encircling triple band of sculpture wrought with geometrical / figures and scrolls of the lotus, both in the bud and the open flower, / of the ancient Buddhist Stupa, or Tope, of Tower of Sarnath, three / miles north of Benares, where Buddha first preached his new doctrines."

Location:

Sarnath; Uttar Pradesh; India;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

reliefs
masonry
relic
stupa
carvings

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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