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"The King's Balance" (Longhurst, Hampi Ruins, 3rd ed. 1933, fig. 13, p. 40 (PDF p. 54))

Photograph of a tall stone gateway-like frame of two pillars and a carved lintel standing in open ground, the balance from which kings were weighed against gold.
Photograph of a tall stone gateway-like frame of two pillars and a carved lintel standing in open ground, the balance from which kings were weighed against gold.
Type
Historic photograph
Creator
A. H. Longhurst, Hampi Ruins Described and Illustrated, 3rd ed. (Archaeological Survey of India, Delhi 1933); photograph from the negatives of the Archaeological Survey, Southern Circle
Date
1933
Licence
Public domain
From
A. H. Longhurst, Hampi Ruins Described and Illustrated (3rd edition) (opens in a new tab), 1933, fig. 13, p. 40 (PDF p. 54)
Original
archive.org (opens in a new tab)
Appears in
Vijayanagara & the Qutb Shahis, Vijayanagara Empire, Hampi (Vijayanagara), Amaravati inscription of Krishnadeva Raya (1515)