RE 034 — Buddhist Remains
Pieces of Gandharan schist and plaster reliefs of Buddhist scenes on display on a felt carpet or blanket in front of a wall made from sun-dried bricks (maybe the same as shown on photograph-no. RE 033), most probably found at Hadda, south of Jalalabad. The relief on the bottom centre is now kept in the British Museum.
The Graphic, Vol. 21 (1880/1), March 20, p. 291: text
The Graphic, Vol. 21 (1880/1), March 20, p. 293: engraving
Pieces of Gandharan schist and plaster reliefs of Buddhist scenes on display on a felt carpet or blanket in front of a wall made from sun-dried bricks (maybe the same as shown on photograph-no. RE 033), most probably found at Hadda, south of Jalalabad. The relief on the bottom centre is now kept in the British Museum.
[Album Chatham:] Ancient Buddhist (Indo-Greek) / Excavated in NW Frontier Province of India. / Buddhist remains, Jellalabad.
[S&M List:] 1-41 Buddhist Sculptures found near Jellalabad.
- Original:
Chatham: Box No.: F 10, Album No.: 4/96D, Page No.: 93 - The Graphic, Vol. 19 (1879/1), Feb. 15, p. 156: engraving, "Remarkable Buddhist Caverns near Jellalabad".
- The Graphic, Vol. 21 (1880/1), March 20, p. 293: engraving "Buddhist antiquities found at Adah, near Jellalabad”, and explanatory text on p. 291.
- Adamec (1985): Kabul and southeastern Afghanistan, p. 242: Hada or Adda, "A village in the Chapriar subdivision of the Jalalabad district, about 6 miles due south of Jalalabad.”
- Zwalf (1996): A Catalogue of the Gandharan Sculpture in the British Museum, Vol. I, Plate IX, and pp. 186-7, No. 205: description of the centre piece in the bottom row.
Image No.
RE 034
Collection
Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive 1878-1880 1878-1880
Series
RE 001-056, Khyber, Jalalabad, Gandamak
Format
Albumen paper with gold toning, 160/260 mm, mounted on cardboard
Quality
good
Place, date
Jalalabad, 1878/79
Descriptors
Latitude / Longitude34.425355 / 70.487331
Google EarthHadda, approx. 34°21' N / 70°28' E / 560 m
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Survey of India MapSheet 38, Kabul (1917): Jalalabad, 2C 55
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