"Bhairavakonda temple No. III: detail of doorkeeper" (Longhurst, Pallava Architecture I, 1924, Plate XVII (b) (PDF p. 86))

Halftone photograph of a life-size rock-cut door-guardian in a niche, standing with one hand resting on a huge club, the hair spread out in a mass on both sides of the face.

Type: Historic photograph
Creator: A. H. Longhurst (Archaeological Survey of India); photo-engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta
Date: 1924
Licence: Public domain
From: A. H. Longhurst, Pallava Architecture, Part I (Early Period) (Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India No. 17) (opens in a new tab), 1924, Plate XVII (b), printed sideways (PDF p. 86); text pp. 31-33
Original: archive.org (opens in a new tab)
Appears in: Ikshvakus, Vishnukundins & early kingdoms, Pallavas, Bhairavakonda, Bhairavakonda cave temples, Temples & architecture