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Object Number
2004.29.21263
Display Title
Fortification walls of Pataliputra, with people standing among the ruins
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: India / Pataliputra, / Near Patna, county [crossed out] state of Bihar, Bengal [crossed out] / "Wooden Walls" of Pataliputra: remains of a 21-mile-long / defensive palisade, pierced by 64 gates and crowned / by 570 towers, with a moat outside. Pasted on reverse of board is a printed article by Sir John Marshall titled "A Wooden City of the Third Century BC: Pataliputra."
Department
Photographic
Culture
- Indian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
India
/
Bihar
Dimensions
Overall: 9.525 × 12.7 cm (3 3/4 × 5 in.)
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| 2004.29.21264 | Drain in ruins of Pataliputra, with man |
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| 2004.29.21265 | Terra-cotta figurine |
Bihar
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| 2004.29.21266 | Terra-cotta figurine |
Bihar
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| 56-55-60/15865.1.340 | White stupa and sheds with prayer wheels among the hills, with people visible |
Labrang
Gansu | ||
| 2004.24.12801 | Palisade II and gates - looking north |
Homolka
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| 2004.24.12800 | Palisade II and gates - looking east from ladder |
Homolka
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| 2004.24.12799 | Palisade II and gates - looking east |
Homolka
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| 2004.24.12803 | Palisade II and gates - looking north from below |
Homolka
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| 2004.24.12802 | Palisade II and gates - looking north from ladder |
Homolka
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| 2004.24.12790 | Palisade II and gates - looking north |
Homolka
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| 2004.24.12797 | Palisade II and gates - looking east |
Homolka
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