Carved stone monument

B&W photographic print. 'Dimapur was the former capital of the Kachari kings which flourished here until the fifteenth century. The two huge carved stone monuments, one male and one female, are elaborately carved. They are examples of the many stone monuments in the area which probably commemora...

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Date(s) of creation: [1920-1925]
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004450
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
id PP_MS_58.02.F.03
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/F/03
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/F/03
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/F/03
prefix_number 03
title Carved stone monument
scb_date_creation [1920-1925]
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 photograph
author Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
author_facet Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
authorStr Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
author_letter Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
format Archive
description B&W photographic print. 'Dimapur was the former capital of the Kachari kings which flourished here until the fifteenth century. The two huge carved stone monuments, one male and one female, are elaborately carved. They are examples of the many stone monuments in the area which probably commemorate sacrifcial feasts and fertility rites and have direct parallels with the Naga Feasts of Merit. '
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright held by J.P. Mills
language No linguistic content
language_search No linguistic content
scb_scripts_material Unwritten
scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs 9.5 x 7 cm
note Monuments
Sacred stones
Ethnic group: Europeans
Ethnic group: Bodo Kachari
Ethnic group: Kachari
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004450
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00F.0003