EditorialGoing round Sanchi Tope. Lord Curzon and his entourage inspecting the stupa. Curzon Collection: 'HE Lord Curzon's first tour in India, 1899'. 28 Nov. 1899. Photograph. Source: Photo 430/17(26). Language: English.
EditorialGoing round Sanchi Tope. Lord Curzon and his entourage inspecting the stupa. Curzon Collection: 'HE Lord Curzon's first tour in India, 1899'. 28 Nov. 1899. Photograph. Source: Photo 430/17(26). Language: English.
EditorialShalabhanjika Yakshi, from stupa 1 at Sanchi. The sandstone beams across the gateways of the stupa were held up by bracket figures like this. In ancient, pre-Buddhist indian fertility rite, girls were said to usher in spring by kicking a tree trunk whi...