Elephanta Caves (sacred site)
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
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'20188 Linga shrine. Elephanta', 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/27X/103
Scope and Contents
Photograph of the shrine within the interior of the cave, showing two pillars with striated capitals and two walls of the shrine with its monumental relief-carved figures on the outside.
Dates:
1945
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'20189 Elephanta / Marriage of Shiva + Parvati', 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/27X/104
Scope and Contents
Photograph of the two figures carved in relief on the cave wall, and including several other figures surrounding them.
Dates:
1945
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'20192 Entrance to Caves - Elephanta', 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/27X/105
Scope and Contents
Photograph of pillars and the entrance to the cave.
Dates:
1945
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Bombay, Elephanta Caves, exterior, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/5
Scope and Contents
Showing two of the pillars at the entrance to the rock temple: see Y3022A/24-31.
Dates:
1901
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Bombay, interior of Elephanta Caves, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/159
Scope and Contents
Showing pillars and carved images in the caves: see note at Y3022A/24-31.
Dates:
1901
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Caves of Elephanta, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/6
Scope and Contents
235x188mm. View showing the entrance to the caves, with European figures posed for the photographer.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Caves of Elephanta, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/7
Scope and Contents
235x185mm. View showing carved pillars and statuary inside the cave temple.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Caves of Elephanta, 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/957
Scope and Contents
Half-plate.
Dates:
1908
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Caves of Elephanta, looking towards the entrance, 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/958
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format).
Dates:
1908
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Caves of Elephanta, The Three Murti, 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/955
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format).
Dates:
1908
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Caves of Elephanta, The Three Murti (Hindu Trinity), 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/956
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format).
Dates:
1908
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Colossal figures on the Linga Chapel, 1872
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022D/45
Scope and Contents
296 x 234 mm. View inside the caves showing the exterior of the Linga Chapel, with massive carved figures standing on either side of the doorways.
Dates:
1872
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Elephanta, 1879 - 1888
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K(LS)2/24
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Captions for the lantern slides are those written on the slides themselves.
Dates:
1879 - 1888
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Elephanta 15058, 1850 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/25
Scope and Contents
250 x 197 mm. Interior view of part of the caves, with massive pillars with ribbed cushion pillars carved from the rock in the foreground.
Dates:
1850 - 1879
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Elephanta 15059, 1850 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/26
Scope and Contents
251 x 199 mm. View in the caves, with massive pillar in foreground.
Dates:
1850 - 1879
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Elephanta Caves], 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022GG/16
Scope and Contents
271 x 208 mm. View looking along a passageway in the caves, with a colonnade of carved pillars, and carved figures lining the walls.
Dates:
1890 - 1899
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Views in Bombay
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Elephanta Caves 15063, 1850 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/30
Scope and Contents
251 x 200 mm. Showing a wall sculpture in the caves (showing the marriage of Shiva and Parvati?)
Dates:
1850 - 1879
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Elephanta Entrance to the caves 15057, 1850 - 1879
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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:
1850 - 1879
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Elephanta, The Lion Cave, 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/954
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format).
Dates:
1908
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Exterior of the Caves of Elephanta, 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/959
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format).
Dates:
1908
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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General view of the great cave of Elephanta from entrance, 1872
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022D/44
Scope and Contents
295 x 236 mm.
Dates:
1872
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Interior looking the Lion Cave in Elephanta, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 12/54
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints, of various sizes, mounted in an album bound in red half-leather inscribed on the front cover 'Photographs: Royal Tour in India: Bombay and Indore. Raja Deen Dayal and Sons. State Photographers' and with the Prince of Wales Emblem above. All prints have typed captions.
Dates:
1905
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Linga chapel in the Great Cave, Elephanta, 1873
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 21/1/9
Scope and Contents
205 x 157 mm. (p. 73).
Dates:
1873
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The great Temple inside the Elephanta Caves, Bombay, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 12/55
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints, of various sizes, mounted in an album bound in red half-leather inscribed on the front cover 'Photographs: Royal Tour in India: Bombay and Indore. Raja Deen Dayal and Sons. State Photographers' and with the Prince of Wales Emblem above. All prints have typed captions.
Dates:
1905
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).