Gopura of the Srirunganatha Temple in the Fort at Shrirangapattana [Seringapatam].

Photograph of the Srirunganatha Swami Temple in Seringapatam, Karnataka, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections: India Office Series, taken by Henry Dixon in the 1860s. Seringapatam, a small town near Mysore, is an island fortress surrounded by the Kaveri River that was ruled by a succession of courts, the most prominent of which was Haidar Ali (r. 1761-1782) and his son Tipu Sultan (r. 1782-1799). This temple predates those rulers as the majority of it was built at the end of 9th century. This photograph is a general view of the gopura of the Temple.

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Unidentified flat-roofed Hindu temple near the Awasghar Temple, Medinipur

This photograph was taken by Walter Campbell in 1869 and forms part of the Archaeological Survey of India Collections (India Office Series). The view shows the façade of a small temple, with a flat roof and parapet and with a central, triple-arched entrance. The arches are decorated with lobed ornament around their frame, with decorative motifs at their apexes, and an inscription on the wall to the right hand side of the entrance. A single figure is seated on the plinth that projects from beneath the front of the building.

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