The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c16.60.1

v2.c16.60.1

⁷ H. Locke, Esq., Principal, Government Scool of Art, Calcutta, surveyed the Caves in the cold season of 1871-72, and prepared a series of most accurate drawings of the ground-plans, sections and elevations, which he very generously placed at my disposal for the illustration of this work, and the plates of the caves hereto annexed have been photo-zincographed from those originals. The pupils of the Art School, who accompanied Mr. Locke on the occasion, prepared, under his immediate superintendence casts, of the principal sculptures on the Udayagiri Hill, and those of the Ananta cave on the adjoining hill, and my illustrations have been copied from those casts. Having carefully studied the originals *in situ* on the hill, and taken detailed notes while standing before them with the express object of describing them in a book, I am in a position to speak authoritatively on the subject, and it gives me great pleasure to bear my humble testimony to the extreme accuracy and rigid fidelity of the plans and the casts. As the works of a gentleman, who is a thorough master in his profession, the plans are the most perfect of their kind and nothing could be more exactly like the originals than the casts; and I avail myself of this opportunity to express publicly my feeling of thankfulness to Mr. Locke, for having enabled me to offer their counterparts to the readers of this work.