Archives of Contemporary India

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DDS Photographs, Negatives, Postcards and Picture-Series No. 41
Photographs, Negatives, Postcards and Picture-Series, 1966-1988
Photographs, 1957-1988
Undated
Personages holding lotus scepters or staffs and seated in almost identical positions, one leg tucked under the other hanging over side of throne.
Lotus Scepter; Throne; Art
2 pp.
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DDS Photographs, Negatives, Postcards and Picture-Series No. 42
Photographs, Negatives, Postcards and Picture-Series, 1966-1988
Photographs, 1957-1988
Undated
Lotus panel animated by human figures, from the sculpted chamber wall of the Great Ballcourt at Chichen Itza, Yucatan. The same motif was used in Hindu Buddhist art.
Lotus; Sculture; Great Ballcourt; Chichen Itza; Yucatan; Hindu art; Buddhist art; Mexico
1 pp.
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DDS Photographs, Negatives, Postcards and Picture-Series No. 43
Photographs, Negatives, Postcards and Picture-Series, 1966-1988
Photographs, 1957-1988
Undated
The water lily motif in India (left column) and at Chichen Itza, Yucatan (right column).
Water lily; India; Chichen Itza; Yucatan; Mexico
6 pp.
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DDS Photographs, Negatives, Postcards and Picture-Series No. 44
Photographs, Negatives, Postcards and Picture-Series, 1966-1988
Photographs, 1957-1988
Undated
Photos of Devahuti and others at Copenhagen, Denmark. Includes pictures with the Little Mermaid statue by Edvard Eriksen and in front of mustard fields on the way to Hamlet’s castle.
Copenhagen; Denmark; Little Mermaid Statue; Edvard Eriksen; Hamlet; Sculpture
4 pp.
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DDS Photographs, Negatives, Postcards and Picture-Series No. 45
Photographs, Negatives, Postcards and Picture-Series, 1966-1988
Photographs, 1957-1988
Undated
Photographs of monuments and Buddhist temples in Thailand.
Buddhism; Temple; Thailand
37 pp.
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