ANTIQUE GURRAMKONDA / COLLECTIONS
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16 records · Images and catalogue references
Published 1921; illustrates eighteenth-century coins
A complete plate from the 1921 museum catalogue. Gurramkonda specimens are numbered 482, 484 and 485; the other coins belong to other mints.
J. R. Henderson · The Coins of Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan, 1921 · Plate IX · Internet Archive
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Rocky hill above trees beneath a cloudy sky.
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Pale palace facade with a wide staircase and open courtyard.
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Stone relief of Lakshmi Narasimha at Gurramkonda, with flowers and two lit oil lamps.
Suresh Rao · Public domain
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Domed building on an arcaded base, surrounded by trees and hills.
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Carved stone columns supporting a stone roof.
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Tree-covered valley and distant hills viewed from above.
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Tall freestanding stone column rising from a stone platform.
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Thomas Fraser’s view of the lower fort and defensive ascent, catalogued as WD506.
Thomas Fraser · British Library · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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View recordc. 1802 series; Commons lists 1800
An archival design for improvements to the gates at Gurramkonda.
Thomas Fraser · British Library · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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British Library catalogue WD506a attributes this fortress plan to John Gantz.
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Second-floor plan and west-front elevation, WD506d, A.No.4.
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Plan for improving a defensive battery, WD506c, A.No.3.
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View record1218, as catalogued; calendar not converted here
British Museum object 1928,0608.40, an alloy coin assigned to Sultan Tipu and the Zafarabad mint.
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View record1921
Government museum catalogue with the Zafarabad discussion and illustrated coin plates.
J. R. Henderson · Government Press, Madras, 1921
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View recordLate eighteenth-century provenance
Manchester’s catalogue records a Zafarabad administrative seal in the provenance of Persian MS 900.
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Thomas Fraser · British Library · c. 1802 · WD506d, A.No.4.
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How this source is used: Evidence of a surveyed palace, not by itself proof of its builder or an exact construction date.
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Individual draughtsman not recorded here · British Library, MacKenzie Collection · July 1810 · WD2641
PRIMARY / ARCHIVAL · Evidence tier A
How this source is used: Catalogue record for a pen-and-ink/watercolour plan. No accessible digital image is asserted.
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Archaeological Survey of India · British Library · 1898–1899 · Photo 1008/4(336)
PRIMARY / ARCHIVAL · Evidence tier A
How this source is used: Catalogue date range and identification. Digital images currently unavailable; no image copied.
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Archaeological Survey of India · ASI / National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities · Reporting period 1964–65 · Preservation of monuments, Andhra Pradesh, entry 98: Fort, Gurramkonda.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL · Evidence tier A
How this source is used: Reports waterproofing over the inscription slab in the mahal and preservative treatment of second-floor palace woodwork. Does not identify the palace builder.
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