The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c13: Editor's Note
The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c13
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Editor's Note
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The second volume of *The Antiquities of Orissa*, originally published in 1880, is reprinted here for the first time. Like the reprint of its first volume, issued by us in July 1961, the present one is intended to be verbatim. The long Sanskrit quotations in the Devanāgarī script, where the author adds literal English translations of these, are avoided; where any such quotation is considerd to be indispensible for the reader, a transliteration of it is given in Roman script. Page-beginnings of the original edition are indicated here in **bold letters within square-brackets.**
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We owe an apology to the readers for not being able to reproduce all the plates of the original edition. The financial commitment for that would have been heavy. Besides, in the only copy of the book with which we were obliged to work, some of the plates are too indistinct to be satisfactorily reproduced. There has, moreover, been another reason for the decision of using only selected plates in this reprint. A large number of the plates of the original edition were but full-view photographs of the Orissan temples. However much valuable these might have been for illustrating a pioneering work on Orissan art and archæology, the photographic technique has vastly advanced since the days of R. L. Mitra and much better photographs of the same temples are now easily available. So we saw little point in reproducing the rather obsolete photographs. In selecting the plates for reproduction here, we have of course tried to remain conscious of the special points of æsthetic and archæological importance which the author wanted to make with the plates.
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As we felt at the time of issuing the first volume, we feel particularly happy to express our gratitude to the Asiatic Society, Calcutta, --with which the life and work of R. L. Mitra was so inextricably bound,--for offering us ungrudging help in all possible manners.
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For reproducing the plates here we are thankful to M/S. Radiant Process, Calcutta.
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Sri Ranendra Mohan Sinha has copied the illustrations of the text and Sm. Anjali Maitra has typed out the whole volume for the press. We cannot thank them enough.
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*Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya* Editor : INDIAN STUDIES : PAST & PRESENT
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[Figure: RANI GUMPHA UDAYAGIRI LOWER STOREY]
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[Figure: RANI GUMPHA UDAYAGIRI UPPER STOREY
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PLATE VII—PORTION OF A FRIEZE IN THE UPPER VERANDAH OF THE RANI GUMPHA
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PLATE VIII—PORTION OF A FRIEZE FROM THE UPPER VERANDAH OF THE RANI GUMPHA
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PLATE IX—PORTION OF A FRIEZE IN THE UPPER VERANDAH OF THE RANI GUMPHA
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PLATE XIII—PORTION OF FRIEZE FROM THE RIGHT WING OF THE QUEEN'S PALACE
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PLATE XV—PORTION OF A FRIEZE FROM THE GANESA GUMPHA, UDAYAGIRI
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PLATE XVI—PART OF A FRIEZE FROM THE GANESA GUMPHA, UDAYAGIRI
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[Figure: Section
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[Figure: Section Scale of 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 10 20 Feet]
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[Figure: Section
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PLATE XIX—FRIEZE FROM JAYA-VIJAYA CAVES
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PLATE XXII—PORTION OF A FRIEZE FROM THE ANANTA CAVE : KHANDAGIRI