Great Chaitya cave in the Karla Caves, Maharashtra. Largest rock-cut Buddhist temple in India lined with columns and carved figures on elephants. The caverns of Carli, between Mumbai and Poona. From Voyages and Travels by George Annesley, Viscount Valentia, and artist Henry Salt, 1809. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1810. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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