CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Subject: Jina shrine at southwest corner of sanctuary, left side, base: center elephants; Dedicated to the 22nd Tirthankara Shri Nemi Nathji. Built by the two brothers, Vastu Pala and Tej Pala, both ministers of a local ruler.

Subject: War elephants; The Sun Temple, conceived as a chariot of the sun god pulled by seven horses, has 24 carved wheels, each approximately 10 feet in diameter.

Subject: Nat Mandir (dance hall), from east: Lions on elephants; The Sun Temple, conceived as a chariot of the sun god pulled by seven horses, has 24 carved wheels, each approximately 10 feet in diameter.

Subject: View of the right half, from northeast: head of elephant; Sculpture in situ

Subject: Monolithic Elephant, from south; Sculpture in situ

Subject: Gate tower, front side, relief on base (lion killing elephant)

Subject: Gate tower, front side, relief on base (lion killing elephant)

Subject: Porch front, base detail, angel and elephant

Subject: Human figure riding on vyala trampling an elephant

Subject: Model of an elephant

Subject: Gudhamandapa, east wall, Simhavyala trampling an elephant

Subject: Winged lion fighting an elephant

Subject: Model of an elephant

Subject: Coping fragment, elephant

Subject: Prince on elephant, copy (?) 19th cent.

Subject: Model of an elephant

Subject: Lion fighting an elephant

Subject: Naga shrine entrance, colossal elephant

Subject: Entrance with elephants

Subject: Naga shrine door, flanked by elephants

Subject: Naga shrine door, flanked by elephants

Subject: Naga shrine entrance, colossal elephant, detail of trunk

Subject: Photo source: Bourne and Shepherd, Coronation Durbar Delhi 1903. The 1903 coronation durbar in Delhi was a huge assemblage in honor of Edward VII's coronation as Emperor of India. The Maharaja of Patiala, the Sultan of Shehr and Mohalla, the Nawab of Bahawalpur, and the son of the Maharaja of Sikkim are followed by a seemingly endless procession. The Sultan came from the Aden Protectorate, then part of the Indian Empire. [The Princes on Elephants Passing the Jumma Masjid]

Subject: Navaranga, south wall, elephants and trumpeters rouse Kumbhakarna from sleep