*MAP* -- Section 13, top margin D, right margin b; it's spelled "Udayagiri"

"Exterior of a Vihara on the Udyagiri Hill" by James Fergusson, 1845

Source: http://www.petrafineart.net/other/indian_temples.html
(downloaded Nov. 2004)

"Illustrations of the Rock-Cut Temples of India, Selected from the Best Examples of the Different Series of Caves at : Ellora, Ajunta, Cuttack, Salsette, Karli, and Marvellipore." Drawn on Stone by Mr. T. C. Dibbin, from sketches carefully made on the spot, with the assistance of the camera-lucida, in the years 1838-9, by James Fergusson, Esq. London: John Weale, 1845."


"Verandah of the Ganesa Gumpha" ("Ganesh Cave") by James Fergusson, 1845

Source: http://www.petrafineart.net/other/indian_temples.html
(downloaded Nov. 2004)

"Illustrations of the Rock-Cut Temples of India, Selected from the Best Examples of the Different Series of Caves at : Ellora, Ajunta, Cuttack, Salsette, Karli, and Marvellipore." Drawn on Stone by Mr. T. C. Dibbin, from sketches carefully made on the spot, with the assistance of the camera-lucida, in the years 1838-9, by James Fergusson, Esq. London: John Weale, 1845."





"Varaha Avatar, in Oudghiry" an engraving by E. Therond, from 'Le Tour du Monde', 1873; click on the engraving for a very large scan; also his *"Temple of Mahadeva, Oudghiry"*

Source: ebay, Nov. 2008


*"The stairs of Sechnaga, Oudghiry," a steel engraving, 1878*

Source: ebay, Dec. 2011


*General view from the south of the entrance to the Ganesha Gumpha, Cave X, Udayagiri, a photo by William Henry Cornish, c.1892* (BL) [*Cornish 1892a*];
also: *Front and left-hand wing of the Rani Gumpha, Udayagiri* [*Cornish 1892b*];
also: *Right-hand wing of the Rani Gumpha, Udayagiri* [*Cornish 1892c*]


*General view of the facade of the Rani Gumpha, Udayagiri, a photo by Alexander E. Caddy, 1895* (BL) [*Caddy 1895*]


A modern visitor's overview of the rock-cut temple site, which dates to the reign of Chandragupta I (382-401)

Source: http://yatin.chawathe.com/photos/1996-12-India/tnails/orissa-caves.jpg.html
(downloaded Nov. 2004)


A closer look at one of the facades

Source: http://www.cmp.caltech.edu/~mcc/India/PictureShow/Jain_caves.html
(downloaded Nov. 2004)


Vishnu in his Boar Avatar, rescuing the Earth, in Cave 5

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lenchik/116904237/
(downloaded Nov. 2006)


Cells for Jain monks, in the veranda of the Rani Gumpha cave (Cave 1), Udaigiri

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/indyblue/1890140212/in/set-72157602978292118/
(downloaded Feb. 2008)


"Bagh Gumpha" (Tiger Cave), Udaigiri

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/indyblue/1889979532/
(downloaded Feb. 2008)


*BL* -- A search for "udayagiri" will produce many more early photos of Udaigiri (and Khandgiri too)



 
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