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Description: | Pen-and-ink drawing of the entrance to the Lomas Rishi Cave in the Barabar Hills near Gaya in Bihar and details of carving of a boat. Inscribed on front in ink: 'Sculpture at Buddha Gya. Entrance of the cave at Buddha Gya.'
The Barabar Hills are home to a group of cave temples which date to the Maurya period or the third century BC. They represent some of the earliest examples of rock-cut architecture in India and were used by Jain monks as a retreat. The lower drawing depicts the entrance to the Lomas Rishi cave which has a very elaborate doorway imitating the elevation of a hut with sloping timber supports, curved eaves and a pot finial. The curved architrave is sculpted with a frieze of elephants proceeding towards stupas. The interior of the cave consists of an oval chamber with a dome roof entered through a rectangular vaulted hall. The top drawing reproduces a sculpture of three men in a boat. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Anonymous | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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