Title:

A fragment of a castle in Amer near Jaipur (Iconographic document)

Creator:

Demski, Dagnosław

Place of publishing:

Amer ; Jaipur District ; Rajasthan

Date issued/created:

[1984]

Description:

Photography (scan from a slide). Picture of a postcard showing part of the castle in Amer near Jaipur - chapel. In the bottom images of the god Krishna playing the flute, surrounded on one side by the female shepherd, and on the other by a cow. Above plant and geometric patterns in the mosaic. The castle belonged to one of the great Rajput clans Kachhvaha. It's located on one of the hills. Initially, it had a defense, later became one of several habitat of families. Today it is a tourist destination for many of Indian and foreign tourists

Type of object:

Ethnographic object

Subject and Keywords:

ethnography ; social culture ; social life ; material culture ; castle in Amer ; Rajasthan

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

text/html

Source:

part 1, box 2, 0079

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open