A ruined Hindu Temple on a rocky outcrop overlooking a valley, India

Thomas Daniell, R.A. (1749-1840) A ruined Hindu Temple on a rocky outcrop overlooking a valley, India oil on canvas 21 ¾ x 28in. (55.3 x 71.1cm.) The subject, possibly the Sun Temple at Aurangabad in Bihar, taken on the Daniells' first 'northern' tour of India, from Calcutta to Srinagar and back, 1788-1791. For the same temple see Thomas Daniell's 'An Hindoo Temple, at Deo, in Bahar.', Antiquities of India, London, 1801-03, plates V and VI (the interior).