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Description: | Water-colour drawing by Thomas and William Daniell of the view of Deo in Bihar, dated March 1790. Inscribed on front of mount in pencil: '15. Deo - Bahar'; on back in ink: 'Nr 21'. 'Deo in the Gya District.'
The Chaturbhuja Vishnu temple in the village of Deo in western Bihar was originally consecrated to the god Surya in the 10th century and converted into a Vishnu temple in the 15th century. The curvilinear superstructure, typical of Northern India, is crowned by an 'amalaka', a ribbed doughnut-shaped stone. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840) | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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