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Elephanta Entrance to the caves 15057, 1850 - 1879

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/24

Scope and Contents

251 x 200 mm. View looking towards the entrance to the Elephanta Caves, a wide and low opening in the rockface with overhanging vegetation and Indian figure posed at the mouth. The island of Elephanta (named by the Portuguese who found a huge stone elephant there) is situated between Bombay Island and the mainland some six miles east of the Fort. The caves were hewn out of the rockface towards the end of the Buddhist period, probably in the eighth century AD.

Dates

  • Creation: 1850 - 1879

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Language of Materials

English

Date information

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Finding aid date

2012-03-06 11:41:46+00:00

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Repository Details

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