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Description: | Photograph of the upper verandah of the Rani Gumpha, Udayagiri, taken by William Henry Cornish in c.1892, Archaeological Survey of India Collections. The Jain caves in the twin hills of Khandgiri, or Khandagiri, and Udayagiri, were excavated in the 1st century B.C during the Chedi dynasty of ancient Kalinga (now Orissa). The Rani Gumpha or the Queen's Cave is the largest of the series of caves. It has a double storey, with a spacious courtyard. A frieze of relief carvings fills the spaces in between the arches over the doors of the cells of the upper and lower storeys. This is a view of a section of the frieze representing a forest scene with a group of women confronting some elephants. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Art Sacred Architecture Sculpture Caves Leisure And The Arts Jainism Architecture Rock-Cut Temples Faith and Religion People And Society | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Cornish, William Henry | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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