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Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Western India 1898-99. Photographer(s):...
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- Photo 1009/6
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- Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Western India 1898-99. Photographer(s): Cousens, Henry.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1898-1899
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Description (What the record is about)
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Blue half-calf volume measuring 362 x 320 mm. The front board and spine are detached and many of the card pages are loose. The photographs (numbered 1592-1660) are preceded by a copy of Cousens' printed report of the survey's activities for the year ending 30 June 1899. The field tour for this season lasted from 9 January to the beginning of June 1899, during which Cousens and his assistants travelled through Kathiawar (modern Gujarat), striking a roughly south-eastern path from Ahmadabad through the centre of the district to the coast at Mangral, and then heading north-west up to Porbandar and beyond. The volume contains architectural views at Anandapur, Bileshvara, Chaubari, Chorwad, Dhandalpur, Junagadh, Kadvar, Kindarkheda, Mangral, Miyani, Parbadi, Rana Vav, Sejakpur, Somnath, Dutrapeda, Than, Visavada, Wadhwan. Photographs taken by Henry Cousens and/or Indian assistants.
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- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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- Public Record(s)
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- 69 items
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Unrestricted. Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
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- Official Deposit.
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- Dimensions: 115 mm x 115 mm and 215 mm x 285 mm.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/28266f06-2cab-402d-9918-82501f7c8083/
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Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Western India 1898-99. Photographer(s): Cousens, Henry.