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Map ENVIRONS OF BIJAPUR 1889 - Public domain old map
Public domain scan of a railway map, transportation, industrial development, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Map CITY OF BIJAPUR 1888 - Public domain vintage map
Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Eastport & Passamaquoddy Bay - Public domain scenic engraving
East-port and Passamaquoddy Bay (steel engraving)
Ancient Eran temple ruins, Madhya Pradesh
Eran is an ancient site with Gupta era temples, artwork and inscribed pillars. This archive photo is now preserved at the British museum. The curator notes state, "The town of Eran has been occupied from the s... More
Palace
Ruined palace or harem on the west side of the Great Tank, Sarkhej, near Ahmadabad
Tarakesvara Temple as seen in 1885 CE, Hangal, Haveri district, Karnat...
Tarakesvara temple in Karnataka This archive photo is now preserved at the [ British museum]. The curator notes state, "The temple is built in the Hoysala style and consists of a sanctuary with a great adjoini... More
Rameshvara temple ruins, Pedgaon Ahmednagar Maharashtra
Ruins as seen in 1885. This archive photo is now preserved at the British museum. The curator notes state, "The Rameshvara temple is completely ruined, the shrine being the only part that is still standing." T... More
Baleshwar temple ruins, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra (1885 CE)
It is also referred to as the "Lakshmi Narayana temples" in colonial era survey reports. This archive photo is now preserved at the British museum. The curator notes state, "The Lakshmi Narayana stands on the ... More
11th century Ambernath Shiva temple ruins, Thane district, Maharashtra
11th-century Hindu temple in Thane, Maharashtra as seen about 1890 CE. It had been torn down and mutilated. This archive photo is now preserved at the British museum. The curator notes state, "The Ambaranatha ... More
Navlakha temple entrance and east view, Sejakpur Gujarat
Navalakha temple photographed and published by Henry Cousens in 1899 Wikimedia's PD-Art guidelines apply.
Navlakha temple from south, Sejakpur Gujarat
Navalakha temple photographed and published by Henry Cousens in 1899 Wikimedia's PD-Art guidelines apply.
Navlakha temple from northeast, Sejakpur Gujarat
Navalakha temple photographed and published by Henry Cousens in 1899 Wikimedia's PD-Art guidelines apply.
1869 archive photo of the Somanatha temple, Veraval Gujarat, Exterior ...
Somanatha temple is a historic Shiva temple, a jyotirlinga and one of the most revered pilgrimage site for the Hindus. It has been destroyed and rebuilt many times. The temple's history is the subject of soci... More
1869 archive photo of the Somanatha temple, Veraval Gujarat, Interior ...
Somanatha temple is a historic Shiva temple, a jyotirlinga and one of the most revered pilgrimage site for the Hindus. It has been destroyed and rebuilt many times. The temple's history is the subject of soci... More
Bahusmarna temple ruins, Kanoda Gujarat
A Shiva Hindu temple (Somesvara) ruins. This archive photo is now preserved at the British museum. The curator notes state, "Of the temple at Kanoda, along the Rupen River in Gujarat, only the mandapa or colum... More
Malegitti Shivalaya temple ruins, Badami Karnataka
This temple is found in the nortern fort. This archive photo is now preserved at the British museum. The curator notes state, "The Malegitti Shivalaya Temple, built around 600 CE by the Chalukya dynasty, stand... More
Amritesvara temple ruins, Singnapur Satara region, Maharashtra
A Shiva temple. This archive photo is now preserved at the British museum. The curator note states, "This view shows the temple shikara, from the hillside. "The lower temple of Amritesvara, which is said to ha... More
Garkhed temple ruins, Maharashtra
These ruins are found in northern Maharashtra. This archive photo is now preserved at the British museum. The curator notes state, "Garkhed is located in the northern part of the modern state of Maharashtra. A... More
Jain temple ruins in Hangal, Haveri district, Karnataka
Jain temple ruins at Hangal. This archive photo is now preserved at the British museum. The curator notes state, "Hangal is a small town south of Hubli in the modern state of Karnataka. During the 12th century... More
'Champaneer, near Baroda, India. Febr. 1879'
'Champaneer, near Baroda, India. Febr. 1879'
Exterior view of BuddhistChaitya Hall (Cave XII), Bhaja Caves, Pune Di...
Surya's chariot crushing a demon (left) and an elephant-rider, probably Indra (right), in Cave 19: *"Close view of sculpture round doorway at rightside of verandah of the small Buddhist Vihara, Bhaja Caves," ap... More
General Plan of Jain temples on Mount Shatrunjaya Palitana
General Plan of Jain temples on Mount Shatrunjaya, Palitana, Gujarat, India
Mudhai Devi temple at Waghali (Vaghli)
Mudhai Devi temple at Waghali (Vaghli) in Chalisgaon tehsil of Jalgaon district, Maharashtra
Jagannath Sabha (Façade of Jain Cave XXXIII (Jaganatha Sabha), Ellora....
Photograph of the façade of Cave XXXIII, Jagannatha Sabha, at Ellora in Maharashtra, taken by Henry Cousens in the 1870s. Ellora is renowned for its series of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain cave temples excavated in... More
COUSENS(1889) Bijapur - Public domain dedication image
Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ain-ul-Mulk's Tomb
Ain-ul-Mulk's Tomb
Cliffs overlooking lake badami
1880s photograph by Henry Cousens (d. 1933[1]) of cliffs overlooking the Bhutanatha Temple Complex on the eastern end of the artificial lake in en:Badami, en:Karnataka, India. (Oriental and India Office Colle... More
Bara Kaman - An old photo of an old building in the middle of a field
* Medium: Photographic Print Henry Cousens' Note: "The unfinished tomb of Ali (II) Adil Shah lies a short distance to the north of the citadel and the Gagan Mahal. The great high basement upon which the build... More
Gond Rajah's Tombs at Chandah, Maharashtra in the 1860s
Photograph of the Gond Rajah's Tombs at Chandah in Maharashtra from the Allardyce Collection: Album of views and portraits in Berar and Hyderabad, taken by an unknown photographer in the 1860s. In the Central ... More
Somnath temple ruins (1869), British colonial period
"The Somanatha Temple from the west, Somnath (Prabhas Patan)." Photograph of the Somanatha Temple at Somnath, Prabhas Patan, in Gujarat, from the west. Photograph taken in c. 1869 by D.H. Sykes, from the Archa... More
11th or 12th century Someshvara Temple, Dambal
Photograph of the Someshvara Temple at Dambal, taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s. This temple dates from the 11th-12th century and is built in a Late Chalukya style. It is similar to the Dodda Basappa temple... More
1885 photo of Hindu temple ruins at Dilmal, Gujarat, India
From the source, Photograph of the old temple near the tank at Dilmal in Gujarat, taken by Henry Cousens around the 1880s, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections. In the 'Revised Lists of Antiqua... More
1885 photo of the shrine walls of the Bavanadhvaja Temple, Sarotra
From source, Photograph of the Bavanadhvaja Temple, Sarotra taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s. The Bavanadhvaja Temple is a Jain temple built of white marble except for the spire over the sanctuary built of ... More
1885 photo of a ruined Hindu or Jaina temple converted into a mosque, ...
From source, Photograph of a ruined temple converted into a mosque at Dholka, Gujarat, taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s. In the 'Archaeological Survey of Western India, vol. IX', Burgess and Cousens, while ... More
1885 photo of a Hindu temple converted into a mosque (Khwajah Jahan Mo...
From source, Photograph from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s. View looking towards the colonnade of pillars, originally from a Hindu temple, of the mosque bel... More
1899 photograph of Ranak Devi Temple from south-west, Wadhwan, Kathiaw...
From source, Photograph of the Ranik Devi's Temple in Wadhwan, Kathiawar, Gujarat, taken by Henry Cousens for the Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Western India 1898-99. Ranik Devi is a small temple... More
A Hindu temple ruins at Bamora Madhya Pradesh
From source, Photograph of a ruined temple at Bamora, taken by Henry Cousens sometime in the 1880s. Henry Cousens was a civil engineer who began working for the Archaeological Survey of India in 1875. By 1895 ... More
A Hindu temple converted into a mosque (Karim-ud-Din's Mosque) near th...
From the source, Photograph of Karim-ud-Dins mosque from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s. The Karim-ud-Din Mosque is situated in the south east part of the ci... More
A Hindu temple ruins at Durana Maharashtra
From source, Photograph of an old ruined temple at Durana, taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s-90s. Durana is a small town situated in Maharashtra. Cousens visited this area and described the temple in the Bom... More
A Hindu temple ruins at Lakkundi, Karnataka
From source, Photograph of the south-west of the Kashivishveshvara Temple, Lakkundi taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s. Lakkundi is situated in the modern state of Karnataka. The Kashivishveshvara Temple was ... More
A Hindu temple ruins at Nohta, Damoh District 01
From source, Photograph of a ruined temple at Nohta in the Damoh district taken by Henry Cousens between 1892 and 1894. Nohta is situated in the modern state of Madhya Pradesh. Concerning this temple, Cousens ... More
A Hindu temple ruins at Panthia Madhya Pradesh
From source, Photograph of an old ruined temple at Panthia, taken by Henry Cousens between 1893 and 1894. Henry Cousens was a civil engineer who began working for the Archaeological Survey of India in 1875. By... More
A Hindu temple ruins at Wadhwan, Kathiawar Gujarat
From source, Photograph of the Ranik Devi's Temple from the east in Wadhwan, Kathiawar, Gujarat, taken by Henry Cousens for the Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Western India 1898-99. Ranik Devi is ... More
A Hindu temple ruins of Manikeshvara Temple, Jhodga, Maharashtra
From source, Photograph of the Manikeshvara temple, Jhodga taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s or 1890s by Henry Cousens. Today, Jhodga, located in northern Maharashtra, is a large town. Cousens visited the to... More
A Hindu temple ruins of ruined Maheshvara Temple, Patan, Chalisgaon Di...
From source, Photograph of the Maheshvara temple, Patan taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s or 1890s. Patan was the capital of Gujarat until the eleventh century. The Maheshvara Temple faces east and consists ... More
A Hindu temple ruins of the Kamalanarayana Temple at Degaon, Belgaum D...
From source, Photograph of the Kamalanarayana Temple at Degaon, Belgaum District, taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s. Degaon is situated in the district of Belgaum, modern day Karnataka. This Chalukya temple ... More
A ruined Hindu temple near the Jain temple, Patan (Patna), Khandesh Di...
From source, Photograph of a ruined Hindu temple at Patan (Patna), Khandesh District, taken by Henry Cousens around 1880, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections. Henry Cousens writes in "Revised L... More
Exterior wall of shrine of the Kopeshvara Temple, Khedrapur Kolhapur
From source, Photograph of the exterior wall of the Kopeshvara Temple, Khedrapur taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s or 1890s. Khedrapur is located in the Kolhapur district of the modern state of Maharashtra. ... More
Four great pillars and architrave of the ruined Rudra Mahalaya Temple,...
Photograph of four great pillars and architrave of the ruined Rudra Mahalaya Temple at Sidhpur in Gujarat, taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections. The Rudra Ma... More
Front view of the Adinatha Temple, Timba Gujarat
From source, Photograph of the Adinatha Temple at Timba, taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s or the 1890s. Timba is located in Northern Gujarat. In the 'List of Antiquarian Remains in the Bombay Presidency' of... More
General view of the ruins of the Tapeshvara Temple, Lohara Jalgaon Mah...
From source, Photograph of the Tapeshvara temple, Lohara taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s or 1890s. Lohara is located in the Jalgaon district of the modern state of Maharashtra. Cousens described the struct... More
Gursala, Satara District, Temple of Somalinga Maharashtra
From source, Photograph of the Temple of Somalinga at Gursala, Satara District of Maharashtra, taken by Henry Cousens in 1897-98. In the Progress report for the Archaeological Survey of Western India for the y... More
Jain temple ruins at Pathari Madhya Pradesh India, 1892 photo
From the source, Photograph of a Jain temple at Pathari taken by Henry Cousens in c.1892-94 and described in his 'Report of a tour in Bundelkhand and Malwa, 1871-72; and in the Central Provinces, 1873-74' : "T... More
Kamalanarayana Hindu Temple ruins at Degaon, Belgaum Belgavi
Photograph of the Kamalanarayana Temple at Degaon, Belgaum District, taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s. Degaon is situated in the district of Belgaum, modern day Karnataka. This Chalukya temple is dated arou... More
Nilakantha Mahadeva Hindu Temple, Sunak Gujarat
Photograph of the Nilakantha Mahadeva Temple at Sunak in Gujarat, taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections. The Nilakantha Mahadeva Temple consists of a shrine a... More
Rameshvara Hindu Temple ruins, Pedgaon Maharashtra
Photograph of the Rameshvara Temple at Pedgaon, taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s. Pedgaon is situated in the modern state of Maharashtra in the district of Ahmadnagar. The town was an important Islamic sett... More
Ruins of a Hindu temple at Kasara, Gujarat
Photograph of the old temple at Kasara, Gujarat, from the south-west, taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s, from the Archaeological Survey of India. The small village of Kasara is located 14 miles north-west of... More
Ruins of a Hindu temple at Kurhad Khurd, Maharashtra
Photograph of a ruined temple at Kurhad Khurd, taken by Henry Cousens around the 1880s-90s. The Bombay List of 1897 says, 'The temple at Kurha'd Khurd is small and in ruins, an it is of no particular interest.... More
Ruins of Navalinga Hindu Temple complex, Kukkunur Karnataka
Photograph of the Navalinga Temple complex at Kukkunur, taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s. Kukkunur is situated in the modern state of Karnataka in an area known as the Dharwar district when this photograph ... More
Ruins of Shiva temple, Sejakpur, Kathiawar
Photograph of a small Shiva temple at Sejakpur in Gujarat, taken by Henry Cousens for the Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Western India 1898-99. Sejakpur is about twenty miles south-west of Wadwan.... More
Ruins of the Trikuteshvara and Sarasvati Hindu Temples, Gadag
From source, Photograph of the Trikuteshvara Temple, Gadag taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s. This is a view from an elevated position, looking across the Trikuteshvara temple complex. Within this complex st... More
Ruins of the Vishveshvara Hindu Temple, Shendurni Maharashtra
From source, Photograph of the ruined Vishveshvara Temple at Shendurni, taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s-90s. Shendurni is a town in Maharashtra. The temple here is small, badly ruined and quite unremarkabl... More
Shrine of the River Goddesses - north side of Kailas Court (Kailasanat...
An entrance to the Kailasanatha temple complex at Ellora caves, India, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, showing on its back wall relief sculptures of the major river goddesses of Hinduism: Ganga (Ganges), Jumna ... More
Sundara Narayana Temple, Nasik Godavari River
Photograph of the Sundara Narayana temple at Nasik, taken by Henry Cousens in the 1880s-90s. Due to its location on the Godavari river, Nasik is an important pilgrimage centre and is home to a number of Hindu... More
Close view of sculpture on right side of back wall of verandah of the ...
Surya's chariot crushing a demon (left) and an elephant-rider, probably Indra (right), in Cave 19: *"Close view of sculpture round doorway at rightside of verandah of the small Buddhist Vihara, Bhaja Caves," ap... More
Close view of sculpture round doorway at rightside of verandah of the ...
Surya's chariot crushing a demon (left) and an elephant-rider, probably Indra (right), in Cave 19: *"Close view of sculpture round doorway at rightside of verandah of the small Buddhist Vihara, Bhaja Caves," ap... More
Close view of the doorway of the Mehtar Mahal, Bijapur
Close view of the doorway of the Mehtar Mahal, Bijapur
Faria Bagh in 1880s, Maharashtra, India
Fariabagh, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra.
General view of the Nagina Masjid, Champaner
General view of the Nagina Masjid, Champaner
Tourist Attraction - Khidr sanctuary Bhakkar
Outside view of the Khidr sanctuary located on a small island on the Indus near the town of Rohri in the Sindh province (Pakistan). Picture taken by Henry Cousens (The Antiquities of Sind, Calcutta 1929, Fig. 75).
View across the moat towards the Gagan Mahal and the Sat Manzili, Bija...
View across the moat towards the Gagan Mahal and the Sat Manzili, Bijapur.
View from the south-east of the Jami Masjid, Bijapur.
View from the south-east of the Jami Masjid, Bijapur.
Jama Masjid at Burhanpur, photographed by Henry Cousens in the 19th ce...
Jama Masjid at Burhanpur, photographed by Henry Cousens in the 19th century
