DDS Photographs, Negatives, Postcards and Picture-Series No. 23

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Name of the Collection	Devahuti and Damodar Singhal collection
Folder/Categories	Photographs, Negatives, Postcards and Picture-Series, 1966-1988
Sub-folder/Sub-category	Photographs, 1957-1988
File No. /Acc. No.	23
Abstract	Artefacts from the Museum für Indische Kunst (Museum of Indian Art) in Berlin, now known as the Museum für Asiatische Kunst (Museum of Asian Art). They include: 1. Wall painting of a dignitary seized by soldiers, Kumtura (Xinjiang, China), 8th-9th CE.’ 2. Elephant’s head made of wood, Kizil (Xinjiang, China), 6th-7th century. 3. Horse’s head in clay 4. Elephant’s head in clay. 5. Elephant’s head made of wood, Kizil (Xinjiang, China), 6th-7th century. 6. Elephant’s head figure in painted clay, Kizil ca. 700. 7. Standing Buddha in red garment made of painted clay, Kizil. 8. Brahman hermit and Brahmacarin in green schist, Gandhara. 9. Half-figure of a Brahman in clay, Shorchuk, 7th-8th century. 10. Seated Brahman made of clay, Shorchuk, Kirin cave, 7th-8th century. 11. Wall painting of a niche with mourners and two monks, Kizil, Ajatashatru temple. 12. 6 pictures of unknown artefacts.
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Keywords	Museum für Indische Kunst; Museum of Indian Art; Museum für Asiatische Kunst; Museum of Asian Art; Painting; Xinjiang; China; Kumtura; Kizil; Elephant; Horse; Boar; Clay; Kirin cave; Brahman; Ajatshatru; Artefact
Start Date “Period From”	June 1905
End Date “Period To”	June 1905
Extent	17 pp.
Item type/Format	Black & White
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Donor	Veena Sachdev (Devahuti Damodar Svaraj Trust)
Donation Date	March 2018
Custodian	Ashoka Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University, Sonepat (India)
Right/Copyright	Donor