Sujet

The East Gate of the Sanchi Tope, India, 1895. Artist: Unknown

Légende

The East Gate of the Sanchi Tope, India, 1895. The great stupa (or tope) of Sanchi is the most important surviving monument of the Shunga era (c185-75 BC). It consists of a large hemispherical dome which was built over an already existing stupa ascribed to the 3rd century BC from the time of the Buddhist emperor Ashoka (c269-232 BC). Four elaborately carved gateways (toranas) were added to the stupa during the 1st century BC and the eastern gateway is depicted here. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XV, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1895

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C42_102

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (9,8Mo) / 32,2cm x 38,9cm / 3808 x 4589 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal Asiatique religieux Indien pays religion Bouddhisme continent éléphant ruines ruine stupa passage entrée porte endroit siècle ruiné B&W MONOCHROME gravure publication 19e siècle noir et blanc noir et blanc B W taupe dix-neuvie siècle The Print Collector engraving The Universal Geography with Illustations and Maps Sanchi Tope Unknown Elisee Reclus Reclus Elisee Virtue & Co. Ltd. engraving