Column
1. Map Ref. denotes the numbered location
on the accompanying map.
2. Village location
is the name of the village / town where monument is located.
3. Police station is the name under
which the village exists.
4. Direction indicates the way, how
to reach the location.
5. Deity name of the God by which
the monument is known.
6. Type classification as accepted
are :
Traditional: (a) REKHA, (b) PIRHA,
Hut style: (a) BANGLA, (b) CHALA.
Indolslamic (a) RATNA, (b) DOMED.
European influenced: SPIRED. OCTAGONAL or more sided.
Others: FLAT ROOFED or CHANDNI, DOL MANCHA, RAS MANCHA.
7. Date denotes year of the construction
in A.D. These have been calculated by adding 593 to the dates in BENGALI
era, 78 to the dates in SAKA era. In some cases dates are taken from
previous publication; where no accurate date is available, the century
has often been guessed on the basis of style (especially of the decoration).
8. Founder Family denotes the name
of present owner
9. Condition denotes
firstly, FACING of the monuments, secondly PRESENT CONDITION, thirdly
DECORATION. RICH TERRACOTTA would normally mean the entire facade is
decorated with Terracotta, including base friezes, whereas TERRACOTTA
would normally mean only the archtop panels and the smaller encircling
panels.
Terracotta Decoration Documentation
and Analysis - Placement of plaques are also fairly fixed, i.e., Ramayana
or Krishna Legends are generally placed above archtop panels etc. Modeling
ofcourse differs from region to region and from centuries to centuries.
10 Ramayana - battle
scenes are the most popular subject for large - scale sculpture compositions
on the principal panels above entrance arches. Other scenes are also
depicted with related accessory themes. Details are appended.
11. Krishna - legends
are next in prominence to Ramayana Scenes. They are more varied in subjects.
Details are appended.
12. Deities - Other
than Rama & Krishna, number of other deities also appear. Details
are appended.
13. Figures - Accessory
figures, a great variety of them appear on all parts of the temple facade;
some of those figures are related to Ramayana and Krishna legend, others
are incorporated into secular friezes - warriors, Europeans, riders,
dancers, erotic couples etc. Hybrid human-animal creatures are another
popular motif. Details are appended .
14. Courtly Scenes
- Hunting and Boating Scenes. These secular compositions are not directly
connected with Ramayana and Krishna stories, though there are many correspondences
of detail, mostly in the form of a continuous frieze along the bases
of the temples. Sometimes they are found in bands above the arches and
projecting from the corner where the base consists of two or more rows
of carving, the lower frieze is invariably devoted to secular compositions.
These include travel scenes, boating, dancing, hunting, provisional
scenes etc. Details are appended.
15. Animal - Many episodes
from the Ramayana and Krishna stories as well as courtly processions
are hunting scenes incorporating animals- particularly monkeys, cows,
horses, elephant, camels etc. Details are appended .
16. Birds - Geese appear
in lotus flower. Peacocks appear common in 18th century temples specially
in triangular panels. Parrots appear, either side of the foliation above
the apex of arches, or in spandrels etc. Details are appended.
17. Vegetal - Flower,
leaves and stalks in looped, mendering and interlocking combinations,
decorate all parts of temple facade . They are of lotus medallions,
petal motifs, palmettes, geometric designs etc. Details are appended.
18. Date of Photograph
( Documentation ) - denotes the date when pictures were taken .
19. Negative Folio
No. Negatives are kept in Folios, duly numbered and bunched
district - wise, arranged serially in album.
20. Total Negatives
- Number denotes - total frames exposed on the particular monument.
21. Negative Details
- This column contains number of each negative for particular monument.
If the figure is 3 digit say-1 / III / 5, then first figure denotes
Negative Folio Number. The second figure denotes Folio Strip Number.
The third figure denotes the particular Negative Frame of the Negative
Strip. In case of only III / 5 the first figure denotes particular Negative
Strip Number and the second denotes particular Negative Frame .
22. Slide No – This
column contains number of each slide for particular monument .
23. Mc'Cutchion Ref.
- David J.Mc'Cutchion was an English Lecturer at Jadavpur University,
Calcutta, who had done systematic survey of late mediaeval temples of
Bengal. His publication - Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal Calcutta
(1972) contains only 80 pages. From his archieves Dr. George Michell
has edited Brick Temples of Bengal Princeton (1983) . Monuments that
are listed in these books are refered with page number.
24. Monument Code No
- Refers to a Catalogue maintained date - wise as documentation proceeded.
