Illustrations of the rock-cut temples of India : selected from the best examples of the different series of caves at Ellora, Ajunta, Cuttack, Salsette, Karli, and Mahavellipore. Drawn on stone by Mr. T.C. Dibdin, from sketches ... made on the spot ... in the years 1838-9, / by James Fergusson, esq.

  • Fergusson, James, 1808-1886.
Date:
1845
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Illustrations of the rock-cut temples of India : selected from the best examples of the different series of caves at Ellora, Ajunta, Cuttack, Salsette, Karli, and Mahavellipore. Drawn on stone by Mr. T.C. Dibdin, from sketches ... made on the spot ... in the years 1838-9, / by James Fergusson, esq. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I must either write a volume on the subject, which would be absurd if the illustrations stop at these few plates, or if I at- tempted an abridgement of the present paper, I would merely render it useless to the enquirer, without making it more interesting to those who do not wish for more than a superfi- cial knowledge of the subject. And as the Council of the Asiatic Society were kind enough to allow me to print the copies I required, from their types as they stood, I have preferred allowing it to stand as it is, though fully aware of its many imperfections, trusting that at some future period I may have an opportunity of affording the public fuller information on the subject, and in a more satisfactory form, than the present essay can pretend to.