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[Photo.35/(005)] Aihole, Bijapur district. Old Durga Temple


General view of Durga Temple, Aihole, Bijapur district. Photograph by James Burgess, published in 1874. This image also appears as plate 51 in James Burgesss, ‘Report of the First Season’s Operations in the Belgam and Kaladgi Districts. January to May 1874’ (India Museum, London, 1874).

Part of a collection of 64 loose prints of archaeological subjects, mainly material taken or commissioned by the Archaeological Survey of India. Its provenance is not known. The original negative is not held.