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WILLIAM SIMPSON and SIR JOHN WILLIAM KAYE. Buddhist caves, Adjunta. The ancient Buddhist site of Ajanta had been discovered by chance by a group of tiger-hunting British soldiers in 1819. Remote from cities but close to old trade routes, there are about 30 caves cut into the volcanic rock of this dramatic, crescent-shaped gorge that overlooks the Waghora river in Maharashtra state of western India. India, ancient and modern : a series of illustrations of the country and people of India and adjacent territories. London : Day and Son, 1867. Chromolithograph. Source: X108(29).

WILLIAM SIMPSON and SIR JOHN WILLIAM KAYE. Buddhist caves, Adjunta. The ancient Buddhist site of Ajanta had been discovered by chance by a group of tiger-hunting British soldiers in 1819. Remote from cities but close to old trade routes, there are about 30 caves cut into the volcanic rock of this dramatic, crescent-shaped gorge that overlooks the Waghora river in Maharashtra state of western India. India, ancient and modern : a series of illustrations of the country and people of India and adjacent territories. London : Day and Son, 1867. Chromolithograph. Source: X108(29).
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Author: WILLIAM SIMPSON (1832-1898) • SIR JOHN WILLIAM KAYE
Caption: Buddhist caves, Adjunta. The ancient Buddhist site of Ajanta had been discovered by chance by a group of tiger-hunting British soldiers in 1819. Remote from cities but close to old trade routes, there are about 30 caves cut into the volcanic rock of this dramatic, crescent-shaped gorge that overlooks the Waghora river in Maharashtra state of western India. India, ancient and modern : a series of illustrations of the country and people of India and adjacent territories. London : Day and Son, 1867. Chromolithograph. Source: X108(29).
Credit: Album / British Library
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Image size: 5256 × 3785 px | 56.9 MB
Print size: 44.5 × 32.0 cm | 2069.3 × 1490.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY. • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • ASIA • BUDDHISM • BUDDHISM, BHUTANESE • BUDDHIST • CAVE • CAVERN • CAVES • CAVITY • CHROMOLITHOGRAPH • CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY • CULT, BUDDHIST • GORGE • GROTTE • GROTTO • HINDOOSTAN • INDIA • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT • INDOSTÁN • KAYE, SIR JOHN WILLIAM • MAHARASHTRA • MALE • MALES • MAN MEN • MAN • MASCULINE • MEN • NINETEENTH CENTURY • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS FAITHS • RELIGIOUS GROUPS • RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS • ROCK • ROCKS • ROCKY • SIMPSON, WILLIAM • SOUTH ASIAN SUBCONTINENT • STONE • STONES • TWO PEOPLE • XIX CENTURY