A report on Sanchi and Frederick Charles Maisey

Autoportrait of Frederick Charles Maisey at Juma Masjid, Chanderi in 1850.

Plan of the monuments of the hill of Sanchi, numbered 1 to 50.

5th century Bhima pillar, Eran. Watercolor by F.C. Maisey, 1850

The Ashoka pillar at Sanchi.

General view of the Stupas at Sanchi, watercolor by F.C. Maisey (The Great Stupa on top of the hill, and Stupa 2 at the forefront)

The capital of the Sanchi pillar of Ashoka, as discovered (left), and simulation of original appearance (right). It is very similar to the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath, except for the abacus, here adorned with flame palmettes and facing geese, 250 BCE. Sanchi Archaeological Museum.

Relics discovered in the excavation of Sanchi Stupa No.2

by later illustrations among the Sanchi reliefs

The Great Stupa under the Sungas. The Sungas nearly doubled the diameter of the initial stupa, encasing it in stone, and built a balustrade and a railing around it.

Foreigner on a horse, circa 115 BCE, Stupa No2.

Sunga period railings were initially blank (left: Great Stupa), and only started to be decorated circa 115 BCE with Stupa No.2 (right).

Sunga pillar No25 with own capital on the side.

Siri-Satakani inscription

The Worship of the Bodhisattva's hair

Vedisakehi damtakārehi rupakammam katam

The Great Stupa at the time of the Satavahanas.

Temptation of the Buddha, with the Buddha on the left (symbolized by his throne only) surrounded by rejoicing devotees, Mara and his daughters (center), and the demons of Mara fleeing (right).

War over the Buddha's Relics, kept by the city of Kushinagar, South Gate, Stupa no.1, Sanchi.

King Ashoka visits Ramagrama, to take relics of the Buddha from the Nagas, but he failed, the Nagas being too powerful. Southern gateway, Stupa 1, Southern Gateway, Sanchi.

Ashoka in grief, supported by his two queens, in a relief at Sanchi. Stupa 1, Southern gateway. The identification with Ashoka is confirm by a similar relief from Kanaganahalli inscribed "Raya Asoko".

Bodhi tree temple depicted in Sanchi, Stupa 1, Southern gateway.

Temple for the Bodhi Tree (Eastern Gateway).

foreigners illustrated at Sanchi worshiping the Great Stupa

Foreigners worshiping Stupa

Greek travelling costume

Miracle at Kapilavastu

Miracle of the Buddha walking on the river Nairanjana

Procession of king Suddhodana from Kapilavastu

"The promenade of the Buddha", or Chankrama, used to depict the Buddha in motion in Buddhist aniconism.

Bimbisara with his royal cortege issuing from the city of Rajagriha to visit the Buddha

Foreigners making a dedication at the Southern Gateway of Stupa No 1

Stupas and monasteries at Sanchi in the early centuries of the current era. Reconstruction, 1900

Sanchi inscription of Chandragupta II.

Temple 17: a Gupta period tetrastyle prostyle temple of Classical appearance. 5th century CE

Statue of Padmapani (5th c.or 9th c.) Victoria and Albert Museum.

Pillar 26: one of the two four-lions stambha capitals at Sanchi, with lions, central flame palmette and Wheel of Law (axis, stubs of the spokes and part of the circumference only), initially located at the Northern Gateway of the Great Stupa. Sanchi Archaeological Museum.

Pillar 26: lion pillar capital at time of discovery, with Dharmachakra wheel (reconstitution). Northern Gateway.

Pillar 35 column stump (right), and bell capital with abacus, positioned upside down.

Vajrapani statue of pillar 35, 5th c. CE. Sanchi Archaeological Museum.

Temple 18 at Sanchi, an apsidal hall with Maurya foundations, rebuilt at the time of Harsha (7th century CE).

The Great Stupa as breached by Sir Herbert Maddock in 1822. Watercolor by Frederick Charles Maisey, in 1851.

Ruins of the Southern Gateway, Sanchi in 1875.

A Gate to the Stupa of Sanchi 1932

Chetiyagiri Vihara

Inscribed panel from Sanchi in Brahmi script in the British Museum

The last two letters to the right of this inscription in Brahmi form the word "dǎnam" (donation). This hypothesis permitted the decipherment of the Brahmi script by James Prinsep in 1837.

General view of the Stupas at Sanchi by F.C. Maisey, 1851 (The Great Stupa on top of the hill, and Stupa 2 at the forefront)

The Great Stupa (Stupa No.1), started in the 3rd century BCE

Buddhist Temple, No.17

Remains of the Ashokan Pillar in polished stone (right of the Southern Gateway), with its Edict.

Sanchi Minor Pillar Edict of Ashoka, in-situ (detail of the previous image).

Remains of the shaft of the pillar of Ashoka, under a shed near the Southern Gateway.

Side view of the capital. Sanchi Archaeological Museum.<ref name="p.25-28 Ashoka pillar"/>

Shunga balustrade and staircase.

Shunga stonework.

Shunga vedika (railing) with inscriptions.

Deambulatory pathway.

Summit railing and umbrellas.

Flame palmette.

Flame palmette and lotus.

Woman riding a Centaur.

Elephant with branch.

Lakshmi with lotus and two child attendants, probably derived from [[:File:Venus with two cupids 2.jpg|similar images of Venus]]<ref>An Indian Statuette From Pompeii, Mirella Levi D'Ancona, in Artibus Asiae, Vol. 13, No. 3 (1950) p. 171</ref>

Griffin with Brahmi script inscription.

Female riding a Centaur.

Lotus within beads and reels motif.

Stairway and railing.

Lotus medallions.

Floral designs.

Post relief.<ref>Marshall p. 82</ref>

Relics of Sariputra and Mahamoggallana.

Detail of the foreigners, in Greek dress and playing carnyxes and aolus flute. Northern Gateway of Stupa I (detail).

Foreigners holding grapes and riding winged lions, Sanchi Stupa 1, Eastern Gateway.<ref>"The Diffusion of Classical Art in Antiquity, John Boardman, 1993, p. 112 Note 91</ref>

Foreigners riding horses.

Foreign heroe fighting a Makara

Foreigners on horses, wearing headbands, caps and boots. Western gate of Stupa 1.

Hero with headband wrestling a Makara.

Indians riding horses.

Indians riding bulls.

Indians riding bulls.

Queen Maya lustrated by Elephants.

The Buddha represented by the Dharmacakra.

The Buddha represented by the Dharmacakra.

Men and Women on Elephants.

Men and Women on Elephants.

Stupa representing a Buddha.

Lakshmi lustrated by Elephants.

Bottom panel Dvarapala guardian deity or devotee.

Possibly demons, or the attack of Mara.

Bottom panel Dvarapala guardian deity or devotee.

A Seated Buddha statue (Gupta temple).

Buddha Statue (Great Stupa).

Seated Buddha (Great Stupa).

Pillar 34 with lion.<ref>Marshall p. 52 Pillar 34</ref>

The winged lion capital of pillar 34 (lost).

Great Stupa, Eastern Gateway, in 1875.

West Gateway in 1882.

South Gateway in 1882.

Great Stupa, Northern Gateway in 1861.

Temple 18 in 1861.

A vision of ancient Indian court life, using motifs from Sanchi (wood engraving, 1878).

Masey was in charge of the excavation of Sanchi in 1851.

- Frederick Charles Maisey

Alexander Cunningham and Frederick Charles Maisey made the first formal survey and excavations at Sanchi and the surrounding stupas of the region in 1851.

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