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Description: | Pencil drawing heightened with white on tinted paper of rocks in the Ganges River at Colcong by George Francis White (1808-1898) between 1825 and 1846. Colcong or Kahalgaon is in the Bhagalpur District of Bihar situated on the south bank of the River Ganges. The last independent king of Bengal, Ghiyas-ud-din Mahmud died here in 1539 after the sack of Gaur. There is a rock hewn temple on this site which is considered holy by Hindus as the river turns to the north here. The temple once contained several fine pieces of sculpture and appears to have been visited by the Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsiang. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | White, George Francis (1808-1898) | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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