| Sir Benjamin Simpson Sculptured pillars and Hindu and Buddhist sculptures in the grounds of the Bihar Museum. 1870 Albumen print British Library Shelfmark: Photo 1003/(204), Item number: 1003204 LL/95415 Photograph of some sculptures displayed in the grounds of the Bihar museum taken by Sir Benjamin Simpson in the 1870s. The photograph is part of the Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Indian Museum Series. The pieces are identified as "sculptured pillars, Buddhistic statues and statues of Vishnu." A note written by Bloch states that, "The sculptures photographed while exhibited in the Bihar Museum were collected from various places in Bihar, and are now in the Indian Museum. A paper by Mr Broadley, dealing with this collection, was published in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. XLI, part I, 1872, pp. 209-311."
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