Buddhist temple and statues at Kanheri, Salsette Island
Date
1709
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p186
Material
Dimensions
height (paper): 255mm
width (paper): 193mm
width (paper): 193mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Drawing of Buddha temple and statues on the hill of Kanheri, Salsette Island, with calculations of a porter's wages for two quarters scribbled on in ink.
The image accompanied a report to Hans Sloane from Alexander Stuart (1673?-1742), who was a ship's surgeon on Europe from 1704 to 1707, which sailed to India and Persia. It was printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 26, no. 321 (1709), p. 372.
The image accompanied a report to Hans Sloane from Alexander Stuart (1673?-1742), who was a ship's surgeon on Europe from 1704 to 1707, which sailed to India and Persia. It was printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 26, no. 321 (1709), p. 372.
Transcription
'porters allouance betwixt May 14 and December 25'
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
Alexander Stuart, ‘An Explanation of the Figures of a Pagan Temple and Unknown Characters at Cannara in Salset’, Phil. Trans., vol. 26, no. 321 (1709), p. 372.
Related fellows
Alexander Stuart (1668 - 1742) , Surgeon
Associated place