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Description: | Photograph of the base of a pillar, Indo-Corinthian capitals and elephants from the base of a stupa from Jarwal-Garhi, taken by James Craddock in the 1880s. In his report for the years 1872-73 A. Cunningham wrote, 'The Corinthian order is found in all the Buddhist ruins in Gandhara to the West of the Indus, and in Manikyala to the East...The capitals of the Indo-Corinthian pillars are by far the most beautiful examples of Indo-Greek architecture which have come down to us...The early date I assign to the finest specimen...[is] the latter half of the 1st century BC...Among the sculptures exhumed from the courtyard of the Jamal-garhi Stupa there were several small figures of elephants...with the trunk resting on the ground and holding a flower.' | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Craddock, James | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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