Chaukhandi Stupa at Sarnath, near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Samuel Bourne (attributed to), 1865 - 1866

Title(s)

Chaukhandi Stupa at Sarnath, near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-F80186

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘12 Benares Remains of an ancient Brick Tower at Sarnath/ (explored by General Cunningham)’
• number: ‘1184’

Artist

• Samuel Bourne (attributed to)

Place

Sarnath

Dating

1865 - 1866

Material

• paper

Technique

albumen print

Measurements

height 223 mm × width 288 mm

What

• tower (of house or building)
• temple, shrine ~ Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism

Where

• Sarnath
• Chaukhandi Stupa

Acquisition

transferred 1994

Copyright

Public domain

• Samuel Bourne : sieben Jahre Indien : Photographien und Reiseberichte 1863-1870, p. 185