‘Tope of Maunikyaula’
Date
1815
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Unknown Deli artist (Indian) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
RCN38165
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 280mm
width (print): 280mm
Subject
Politics & Government
> Political doctrines
> British Empire
Politics & Government
> Political doctrines
> British colonialism
> Political doctrines
> British Empire
Politics & Government
> Political doctrines
> British colonialism
Content object
Description
Landscape showing the Mankiala Stupa, a Buddhist reliquary near the village of Mankiala, near Rawalpindi in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
The image shows a dome-shaped building surrounded by trees with human figures at its base. The Stupa rises out of the landscape, more than twice the height of the trees apart from those that appear to be growing out of the brickwork. The top right section of the dome is incomplete, with loose brickwork rather than the smooth dome shape of the rest of the building. The relic deposits are now housed in the British Museum.
Plate 1 from from Mountstuart Elphinstone's An account of the Kingdom of Caubul and its dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India… (London, 1815), an account of his embassy to the ruler of Afghanistan, Shuja Shah Durrani Khan (1785-1842) in 1808.
Inscribed below: ‘Tope of Maunikyaula. Published by Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, Paternoster Row, 1815.’
Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779–1859), East India Company administrator from 1776, known for his periods as Resident at Poona and Governor of Bombay in the 1810s and 1820s, and involvement in the Anglo-Maratha wars.
The image shows a dome-shaped building surrounded by trees with human figures at its base. The Stupa rises out of the landscape, more than twice the height of the trees apart from those that appear to be growing out of the brickwork. The top right section of the dome is incomplete, with loose brickwork rather than the smooth dome shape of the rest of the building. The relic deposits are now housed in the British Museum.
Plate 1 from from Mountstuart Elphinstone's An account of the Kingdom of Caubul and its dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India… (London, 1815), an account of his embassy to the ruler of Afghanistan, Shuja Shah Durrani Khan (1785-1842) in 1808.
Inscribed below: ‘Tope of Maunikyaula. Published by Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, Paternoster Row, 1815.’
Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779–1859), East India Company administrator from 1776, known for his periods as Resident at Poona and Governor of Bombay in the 1810s and 1820s, and involvement in the Anglo-Maratha wars.
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