The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c7.27

v1.c7.27

When rotated 180 degrees: What is at the top of the page? The panel currently at the bottom (16) will be at the top! Wait, no: If `PLATE VIII` was scanned at the top, then in the original physical book, was `PLATE VIII` at the bottom? Wait, no! If the physical page had `PLATE VIII` at the top, and someone put it into the scanner upside down (rotated 180°), then `PLATE VIII` would end up at the BOTTOM of the scan! Why is `PLATE VIII` near the top of the scan then? Let's check where `PLATE VIII` actually is in the scan! Look at the scan image:
- Top: Wait, look at the thumbnail: At the top: there is the band 17, and above/below it is `PLATE VIII`. Wait! Is `PLATE VIII` at the top or bottom of the image? In the image provided:
- Near the top: the band with ovals (labelled 17.)
- Above that band: `PLATE VIII`! Wait, so `PLATE VIII` is at the top of the image! Wait, but if `PLATE VIII` is at the top, and the text is upside down, why would the text be upside down at the top? Could it be that in the original book, `PLATE VIII` was at the BOTTOM of the page? Wait, yes! In many French, German, or older British publications, the plate number is at the bottom (e.g., "PLATE VIII" or "Pl. VIII" at the bottom center or bottom right/left), OR this was a landscape plate bound in a portrait book! If it's a landscape plate bound in a book, you turn the book 90 degrees. Wait, if you turn it 90 degrees, the text would be vertical, but here the text is horizontal! Wait, whether `PLATE VIII` is at the top or bottom, everything on this page has the EXACT SAME orientation: upside down (180° from normal reading). Let's transcribe the page in its correct reading order (right-side up).