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An inscription from Dashapura/Mandasor records that an official at the court of the Aulikaras of Dashapura, named Daksha, excavated a well in memory of his deceased uncle, Abhayadatta, in 532 AD. The stepped well is not preserved intact, but a deep trench still remains that was until the 1970s was identified as Abhay-koop, or Abhaya’s well.

Ablur, Karnataka

Acchayalingaswami temple, Kilvelur, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu

Achalgadh, Sirohi, Rajasthan

Achlesvara Temple, Achalgadh, Sirohi, Rajasthan

The American Council for Southern Asian Art (ASCAA) Digital Images were first distributed under the aegis of the ACSAA Color Slide Project, a non-profit initiative administered through the former Asian Art Archives of The University of Michigan that from 1974 through 2006 provided high quality original and duplicate 35 mm color slides of the art and architecture of India and greater South Asia, Southeast Asia and Indonesia, and the Himalayan regions to individuals and institutions for teaching and research purposes around the world.