ONE HUNDRED STEREOSCOPIC ILLUSTRATIONS OF ARCHITECTURE AND NATURAL HISTORY IN WESTERN INDIA PHOTOGRAPHED BY MAJOR GILL AND DESCRIBED BY JAMES FERGUSSON, F.R.S. M.R.4& I T f I I-L-I I i'-fi LONDON: CUNDALL, DOWNES, & COMPANY, 16S, NEW BOND STREET. 1864. PRINTED LONDON I BY R. CLAY, SON, AND TAYLOR, BREAD STREET HILL. INTRODUCTION. HERE are few among the monuments of antiquity regarding whose -L history or uses so much uncertainty prevailed, till a very recent period, as those known as the Rock-cut Temples of India. When Europeans first became acquainted with them, they were so struck by their monolithic grandeur, and the apparent eternity of duration that resulted from it, that they jumped at once to the conclusion that they must be among the most ancient monuments of the world, rivalling in this respect, as was then sup¬ posed, even those of Egypt. There was also a mystery hanging over their deserted condition, added to the fact that almost all of them were situated in remote and lonely valleys, or cut into the bare mountain-side ; which, with other circumstances, conspired to render them the most attractive, as they certainly were the grandest, relics of the arts of the ancient Hindoo races. In consequence of all this, the wildest theories were adopted with regard to their antiquity and the purposes for which they were originally intended. These might have continued in vogue till the present day had not James Prinsep, between the years 1830 and 1840, opened a new era in our know¬ ledge of Indian antiquities, and introduced new modes of investigation, which soon led to most important results. Among the first fruits of his labours was the decipherment of the Great Buddhist inscriptions, which exist all over Northern India, from beyond the Indus at Kapur di Giri to the shores of the Bay of Bengal at Cuttack. This discovery led to a thorough investigation of the Buddhist literature of Ceylon by the Hon. Mr. Tumour, and the consequent fixation of the date of the birth of Sakya Muni, the founder of that faith, in or about the year 623 B.C., and of his death eighty years later, in 543. It was also then ascertained that Buddhism did not become a prevalent, still less a state IV Introduction. religion, till 300 years afterwards, in the reign of Asoka. As all the earlier excavations belong to this faith, an initial date was thus obtained, beyond which it was impossible to carry back the antiquity of any of the Rock-cut Temples then known or since brought to light. Subsequent researches have more and more confirmed the conclusions then arrived at; and there seems no reason for doubting but that the whole series of Indian Rock-cut Temples were excavated in the fourteen centuries which elapsed between the time when Dasaratha, the grandson of Asoka, excavated the “Milkmaid’s Cave” in Behar, about 200 years B.c. and the completion of the India Subha by Indradyumna at Ellora, in the twelfth century after our era. As might naturally be expected from their locality, the oldest group of these caves is that at Raja Griha in Behar, being close to the original seat of Buddhism, and where it first rose into importance. They extend from 200 b.c. to the destruction of the Andhra dynasty in the fifth century of our century. Next to these is the Cuttack series, beginning about the same time, but ending earlier in so far as Buddhism is concerned, but continued through a Jaina series of much more modern date. These are the only two groups known to exist in Bengal. On the western side of India, the Cave at Karli is apparently not only the oldest, but the finest known to exist. It is situated on what is now. and probably was then, the great high-road between the plains of the Deccan and the Harbour of Bombay, which we know to have been an important Buddhist locality, from the number of caves that still exist around it. But the most complete and interesting series known is that of Ajunta, which are fully illustrated in this volume. They extend from the first century B.c. to the tenth or eleventh A.D., and present every variety of style of Buddhist art prevalent in India during that important period. Next in importance to these is the well-known group at Ellora, consisting of three series :—First, a Buddhist group, which may probably be as old as the seventh, but more probably belongs to the eighth or ninth, century. After these comes a Hindoo series, lasting through the next two centuries, and closing with a Jaina group of the eleventh or twelfth. They form thus a singular contrast with those at Ajunta, where all belong to one religion; though it may be a question whether the variety of the one series is not as interesting as the uniformity of the other. Architecturally the Ellora caves differ from those of Ajunta in consequence of their being excavated in the sloping sides of a hill, and not in a nearly perpendicular cliff, from this formation of the ground almost all the caves at Ellora have courtyards in front of them. Frequently also, an outer wall of rock with an entrance through it is left standing, so that the caves are not generally seen from the outside at all, and a person might pass along their front without being aware of their existence unless warned of the fact. Besides these, there is a very important and interesting series of caves at Introduction. v Kennari, in the island of Salsette, in Bombay Harbour—wholly Buddhist, and of various ages,—and the well-known Hindoo cave of Elephanta, of the eighth or ninth century. In the Ghats above Bombay there is another important series, at Juneer; a Buddhist group at Baug, in Malwa; one partly Buddhist and partly Brahmanical at Dhumnar; and several others less known, but which still remain to be examined and described. Only one important group is known to exist in the Madras Presidency, that at Mahavellipore, on the coast, south of Madras. They are compara¬ tively modern, and may be as late as the thirteenth century of our era. They present a curious mixture of Brahmanical and Buddhist forms of architecture, but cannot bear comparison either in extent or interest with those existing in the Bengal or Bombay Presidencies. Altogether, it has been calculated there may be in India i,oco excavations of this class—nine-tenths of which are Buddhist, and the remaining ioo divided between the Brahmanical and Jaina religions. They thus form not only the most numerous, but the most interesting series of architectural remains existing in India before the Mahomedan Conquest. In fact, they are the only ones that serve to illustrate the Arts or History of the period to which they belong. The structural monuments erected during the early centuries of our era are scarce, and widely scattered over the whole area of the country, and few even of these are in the state in which they were originally erected ; whereas one of the great merits of cave architecture is that it remains unchanged and unchangeable during the whole period of its existence. All the Buddhist caves we know of belong to one of two classes. They are either Viharas or Monasteries, or they are Chaitya caves or churches,— the former being, as might be expected, by far the most numerous. The oldest Viharas consist of one cell only ; little hermitages, in fact, for the residence of a single ascetic. In the next class they were extended to a long verandah, with one long cell behind it. As these had, however, several doors opening outwards, they probably were divided by partitions into cells internally. In the third, and by far the most numerous class, the cell expands into a hall, generally with pillars in the centre ; and around this the cells of the monks are arranged, the abbot or prior generally occupying cells at either end of the verandah. In ancient times, no sculpture or images were introduced into the Viharas; but as early, certainly, as the first or second century of our era we find a chapel always facing the principal entrance, and in it an image of Buddha : afterwards side chapels were added, with images of saints; and in those groups of caves which had no Chaitya cave attached to them we find a dagopa, or stone altar, occupying the chapel in the centre. VI Introduction. Chaitya caves, on the contrary, are always exclusively devoted to cere¬ monial worship, and in every feature correspond with the choir of a Romanesque or Basilican church, the climate apparently enabling them to dispense with the nave, or place of assembly for the laity. As mentioned above, the typical example of this class is the great cave of Karli. Externally there was always a porch or music gallery, more or less developed; within this, a feature corresponding with our rood-screen. This is always covered with sculpture, and access was obtained to the choir through one or three doors with which it was pierced. Internally, over the entrance, is the part corresponding with the rood-loft, and over this is the great window or chancel arch, through which light is admitted to the building. The end, opposite the entrance, always terminates in an apse, the centre of which is occupied by the dagopa or stone altar, a simulated tomb, containing, or supposed to contain, a relic of Buddha or of some of his saints. The whole is always surrounded by an aisle or procession path, separated from the choir by a range of pillars ; over that is generally a triforium belt, not pierced, but ornamented either by painting or sculpture. From this belt springs the semicircular roof. In the oldest Chaityas, this was always ornamented with wooden ribs attached to the rock, and at Karli these still remain. At Kennari, the wooden tenons still stick in the rock ; but in most cases they are replaced by stone ribs cut out of the rock. As the Brahmans excavated caves only in order to signalize their triumph over their enemies the Buddhists, and had no real purpose to guide them, their excavations are more varied in character, and not so easily classified. Generally speaking, however, they too may be divided into two classes— pseudo-Viharas and Temples. "lhe first of these resemble true monasteries at first sight, being caves with flat roofs supported by pillars, sometimes nearly similar to Buddhist excavations in arrangement. They are distinguished, however, from these, by having no cells or any arrangements for residence, the wall spaces between the pillars being invariably occupied by sculpture or niches for its reception ; and instead of the chapel, or dagopa, there is generally either a small temple or a figure of Siva or Vishnu. Even without sculpture, how¬ ever, there are peculiarities of plan in Brahmanical excavations which at once betray their origin to any one familiar with the architectural arrange¬ ment of Buddhist Viharas. The Brahmanical temples are still more unlike the Buddhist examples, as these are invariably exteriors, and have consequently no meaning when cut in the lock. In almost every case they have also the disadvantage of standing in a pit, the rock being dug out all round, leaving them in the midst of the excavation. The one exception to this rule is the example of Introduction. vii the Raths at Mahavellipore. There the Brahmans found a group of granite boulders lying on the seashore, and have carved them into the form of temples, having all the appearance of structural edifices with the advantage of monolithic durability ; but the parts being all copied from edifices con¬ structed with small stones, no apparent grandeur of effect results from this cause. The Kylas at Ellora and the temple at Dhumnar are, on the contrary, hid from view externally, and when looked at from above, lose half the effect due to their dimensions. When standing in the pit, how¬ ever, and looking up at them, there is something in the seclusion, and an effect of eternity in the simple wall of rock enclosing the richly-carved temple, which goes far to redeem these faults, and renders them, on the whole, much more impressive than structural temples of even greatly increased dimensions. The Jaina temples are so few as hardly to require classification, and have no architectural peculiarities by which they can be distinguished. Their arrangements partake principally of that of the Brahmanical caves ; indeed, it is only by their sculpture that they can be distinguished from them. They are interesting, however, from the circumstance of their belonging to the most florid period of Hindoo art; and they were also fortunate in being excavated at a time when even the Brahmans had become so familiar with monolithic architecture as to have abandoned most of the faults inherent in direct imitation of structural edifices. In the year 1845 Captain—now Major—Gill was appointed by the Court of Directors of the East India Company to copy the paintings in Ajunta ; a task for which he proved himself thoroughly competent, by the artistic skill displayed in the copies of these paintings which he has sent home, as well as by the truthfulness and fidelity which pervade all he has done. The pictures sent home by Major Gill during the first few years of his residence at Ajunta are now exhibited in the Indian Court of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, and convey a perfect idea of the style of the paintings at Ajunta; but unfortunately they have not been accompanied by any explanation, or any indication of the localities in which they are found. The only attempt to elucidate their history which has yet been published, will be found in Mrs. Spier’s “Life in Ancient India,” published in 1856. For many years past no further drawings have reached this country, but instead, Major Gill sent home in the spring of last year to Mr. Layard nearly two hundred stereoscopic views of Indian subjects. These were partly scenes of the chase, of Indian life, and illustrations of the Mahometan buildings and of the scenery in the neighbourhood 01 Ajunta, as well as illustrations of the Rock-cut Temples of Western India. Introduction. viii The present series consists of sixty-two stereoscopic views of the Cnves, twenty-four illustrative of Indian structural architecture, and fourteen of scenes of the chase. The text which accompanies the photographs of the Temples is not intended to be a complete and scientific elucidation of the subject. Those who desire fuller information are referred to the special works published regarding them: but it is hoped that it is sufficient to render the subject of each Photograph intelligible. This seems to be all that is necessary, for the Photographs tell their own story far more clearly than any form of words that could be devised, and even without the text they form by far the most perfect and satisfactory illustration of the ancient architecture of India which has yet been presented to the public. so, Langham Place, October , 1863. JAMES FERGUSSON. CONTENTS. PAGE Bridge and Town of Ajunta.i Another View of the Bridge and Entrance to the Town of Ajunta 2 Head of Ravine.—Ajunta. 3 The First Seven Caves at Ajunta.4 Southern Group of Caves.—Ajunta.5 The Oldest Group of Caves.—Ajunta. 6 The Oldest Chaitya Cave at Ajunta.7 Chaitya Cave No. 10.—Ajunta. 8 The Oldest Vihara.—Ajunta.9 The Oldest Vihara.—Ajunta.10 Vihara No. 11.—Ajunta.11 Exterior of Vihara No. 14.—Ajunta.12 Verandah of Cave No. 16.—Ajunta.13 Exterior of Vihara No. 17.—Ajunta.14 Verandah of Cave No. 17.—Ajunta.15 Aisle in Hall of Vihara No. 17.—Ajunta.16 Porch of Chaitya No. 19.—Ajunta.. . 17 Great Window of Chaitya No. 19.—Ajunta.18 Lower Part of Fagade of Chaitya No. 19.—Ajunta .... 19 Lower Part of Fagade of Chaitya No. 19.—Ajunta .... 20 Interior of Chaitya No. 19.—Ajunta.21 Roof of Chaitya No. 19.—Ajunta.22 Triforium of Chaitya No. 19.—Ajunta.23 Contents. PAGE Triforium of Chaitya No. 19.—Ajunta.24 Choultrie attached to Chaitya No. 19.—Ajunta.25 Hindoo Sculpture. Chaitya No. 19.—Ajunta.26 Cave No. 20.—Ajunta...27 Fagade, Cave No. 7.—Ajunta.28 Fagade, Cave No. 5.—Ajunta.29 Fagade, Cave No. 4.—Ajunta.30 Sculpture in Verandah of Cave No. 4.—Ajunta.31 Exterior, Cave No. 2.— Ajunta.32 Verandah, Cave No. 2.—Ajunta.33 Verandah, Cave No. 2.—Ajunta.34 Fagade, Cave No. I.—Ajunta.35 Fagade, Cave No. 1.—Ajunta.36 Fagade, Cave No. 1.—Ajunta.37 Fagade, Cave No. I.—Ajunta.38 Verandah, Cave No. 21.—Ajunta.39 Cave No. 22.—Ajunta.- 4 ° Facade, Cave No. 23.—Ajunta.41 Fagade, Cave No. 24.—Ajunta.42 Lower Part of Fagade at Chaitya No. 26.—Ajunta .... 43 Upper Part of Fagade No. 26.—Ajunta.44 Exterior Viswakarma,—Ellora.45 Exterior Viswakarma.—Ellora.46 Exterior Viswakarma.—Ellora.47 Teen Tal.—Ellora.48 Dus Avatara.—Ellora.49 Dus Avatara.—Ellora.50 Ravana Ka Kaie.—Ellora.51 Kylas.—Ellora ..52 Vimana, Kylas.—Ellora . ..53 Kylas.—Ellora.. Cloister, Kylas.—Ellora .. 33 Contents. xi PAGE Bas-Relief, Kylas.—Ellora.56 Bas-Relief, Kylas.—Ellora.57 Doomar Lena Cave.—Ellora.58 Doomar Lena Cave.—Ellora.59 Indra Subha Cave.—Ellora.60 Indra Subha Cave.—Ellora.61 Indra Subha Cave.—Ellora.62 Tomb of Rabia Douranee.—Aurungabad.63 Tomb of Rabia Douranee.—Aurungabad.64 Tomb of Rabia Douranee.65 Tomb of Rabia Douranee.66 Tomb of Rabia Douranee.67 Tomb of Rabia Douranee.68 Tomb of Rabia Douranee.69 Tomb of Rabia Douranee.70 Tomb of Rabia Douranee.71 Tomb, of Mosuffer Safi.72 Tomb of Mosuffer Safi.73 Tomb of Mosuffer Safi.74 Tomb of Mosuffer Safi.75 Tomb of Mosuffer Safi.76 Tomb of Mosuffer Safi . 77 Jain Temple, Amvah.78 Jumna Musjid, Aurungabad.79 Jumna Musjid, Aurungabad.80 Mosque in Old Palace at Rozah, near Aurungabad . . . . Sr Shah Gunge, or Great Market House, Aurungabad .... 82 Shah Gunge.83 Monument to Rajah Raie Sing.S4 Entrance to the Garden of the Tomb of Peer Ismail, Aurungabad 85 Mausoleum of Peer Ismail, at Aurungabad.86 Mahurrum Mummers.87 Contents. xii PAGE 88 Mahurrum Mummers.. View in the Valley of the Taptee. 8 9 Florikan and Painted Partridges . .. 9 ° Painted Rock Pigeons. 9 1 The Black or Honey-Eating Bear of India. 92 Dying Hound and his Sympathizing Attendants. 93 Tiger in his Lair.. Tiger in the Jungle. 95 Tiger in the Jungle. 9 ^ Leopard creeping on his Prey. 97 Rock Pigeons. 9 8 Sportsman and Tiger. 99 Dead Leopard, his Killer and Photographer.ioo ,—, c; v PQ • " cl O o rt ^ * G .g *3 H £ £ £ 0 H P £ W o p *-■ Pi M c -y f/3 C3 o „a o O P-l 'o * s CJ rt o U g cj rQ £ cj cj .y CJ £ c/J -3 O • ^ T 5 X g ^ O 5 £ 8-8 ,C 5 bfl **- 32 u j 3 | cj ' ' >> rC o a. cj cT - ° g t >2 P ° S 1 ANOTHER VIEW OF THE BRIDGE AND ENTRANCE TO THE TOWN OF AJUNTA. < z; < w g > < Pi pH o Q < W ffi ~ o " rC “ tp c rt 3 d u 11 X! E- 1 3 -C o V xt Cl, O V .3 (2 “ «j — Ti s 151 C — *- to J-. i- cn 75 g 3 '2 z 2 % S, p Z V c -*-» £ O ^ £ e“ -g 00 O «L) ^ P- C * « o Cu o ^ Cl. CJ »-. 13 T 3 Q-> > o S 6 fi * ~ V H) r£ o * o> .a rt -f? r» 0) £ +3 o, >3 2 C/5 W *—< r* •q W *-* o -. £ £ 5 £ ^ O w ^ K S H & O £ fcfl w c U.S ci ^ 6 rt Cl in £ O H i~> d £ rt C Cl d THE FIRST SEVEN CAVES AT AJUNTA. The lower or northern group of Caves. The first Cave on the left of the picture is that known as No. 7. 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It is complete in all its architectural details, but its sculptures do not seem to have been carried out to the extent originally intended. < Pi o ►J w w > < u < ra a c n C Pi a £ Eb S' c « £ v V -G rQ ^ « £ >> 2 •K * d 3 C ° ’'"* oj .2 -S (A g c3 G dJ « a _g § *5 ° « c3 *G H-j !£ t *-> « o rG 1/3 o Pi dj PH G C HH Cj G > ^ c 3 G o O X o o> bJD G ■g ri 2 G rt a. 3 r C £ 3 ^ G Sf 4> > O c 3 o G fl O OJ > *T3 g g o 2 t 3 .J2 nd G G £ X 3 G G c5 •2 U *Cfl « O rG PH ^ cJ U 4) -G T 3 G rt 5 This view represents part of the interior of one of the principal chambers of the Indra Subha Cave. The whole group consists of six different apartments, arranged in two stories, and so varied in style of decoration, as well as in arrangement of plan, as to make up one of the most interesting combinations among the Caves at Ellora Another view of the Indra Subha Cave at Ellora, looking outwards and showing more clearly the beauty of the architectural details. These from their massiveness are not only appropriate to Cave architecture, but seem to have been especially invented for the purposes of rock-cut structures in this comer.of India, as nothing at all like them exists elsewhere. They have all the solidity of the Egyptian and all the grace and elaborate decoration of the Indian styles. While residing at Aurungabad between the years a.d. 1650 and 1657, Aurungzebe, having lost his favourite daughter Rabia Douranee, determined to erect a monument to her memory which should rival the celebrated Taje Mehal at Agra, which had just been finished by his father Shah Jehan, in memory of his wife Mumtazah Mehal. The age of decline in architecture as a fine art had then set in so rapidly, that though this must still be considered a very beautiful building, it is in every respect mfenor to its celebrated rival. The enclosure of the Tomb occupies about twenty acres; the building itself is 72 ft. square, which is also the height of the four minarets at the angles. The material of the lower part of the building is white marble, but the upper part is stone, and it is in some places covered with chunan. The Dome, however, is of marble, and similar in form to that of the Taje at Agra, of which celebrated building this was intended to be an exact copy. / TOMB OF RABIA DOURANEE. View of the building seen over the external enclosure walls, which surround a garden, thirty acres in extent, ornamented with fountains and kiosks in all the picturesque variety of Indian art. I • - torn i I / V . found at Agra, and marvels of mechanical dexterity of execution. TOMB OF RABIA DOURANEE. TOMB OF RABIA DOURANEE. * TOMB OF RABIA DOURANEE. 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