Dear Madam,
Thank you very much for the photo. The next time I visit that area, near Satna, I will enquire about Couroupita and any other trees that match the foliage and flowers in the Bharhut sculpture. In some time I will post a photo of another interesting tree/herb from ancient India. Best regards. K. MankodiFrom: radha veach <[email protected]>Sent: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 09:17:27 To: Kirit Mankodi <[email protected]>Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Anna Pinto <[email protected]>Subject: Re: Photo of a Bharhut TreeDear Sir,I am sending you the link to an image of Couroupita leaves for your reference.http://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2006/09/13/jnana/424353.jpglook forward to your feedback.regardsRadhaOn 26/06/2014, Kirit Mankodi <[email protected]> wrote:> Dear Madam,>> Thank you for your mail. I have just forwarded to you my earlier mail tsent> o Dr. Vijayasankar. I had my doubt about the leaves, of which there is a> profusion, while Couroupita&nbsp; photographs I saw do not have any leaves.> But Kadamba should be eliminated, because the Kadamba flower does not look> like this sculpture. Two thousand years ago flowering trees were present> before the eyes of the sculptors and they would not have taken the liberty> of combining two species, I think. Among the Bharhut sculptures five or six> species of trees are represented under which female figures stand, and all> are faithful renderings, both foliage and flowers.> So, please keep thinking; I will be eager for your feedback.>>> Best regards.>>> K. Mankodi>>> From: radha veach [email protected] Sent: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 21:44:59 To:> [email protected]: [email protected]: Re: Photo> of a Bharhut Tree> Dear Sir,this is very interesting.I can see why Couroupita has been> suggested but I have some doubts because the leaves in the sculpture do not> resemble leaves of that tree at all.They actually look more like Peepal> leaves, (Ficus religiosa). At a stretch you could say they were kadamba> leaves (Neolamarckia cadamba) and the circular thing being kadamba flowers> with many petals.Perhaps the sculptor has taken an artistic licence and> combined features of more than one species which he has seen.regardsRadhaOn> Saturday, June 21, 2014 5:31:17 PM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote:>>> Forwardingfor Id assistance please.> ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Kirit Mankodi> &lt;[email protected]&gt;Date: 21 June 2014 15:23Subject: Photo of a> Bharhut TreeTo: "[email protected]" &lt;[email protected]&gt;Cc: Anna Pinto> &lt;[email protected]&gt;> Dear Sir,>> I am writing to you after viewing your botanical photographs in Wikipedia.>> Can you identifythis flowering tree from Bharhut in central India, please? I> will be much obliged.>> Thank you.>> K. Mankodi>>>>> Get your own FREE website, FREE domain &amp; FREE mobile app with Company> email.> Know More &gt;> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora &amp; Fauna'The whole world uses my> Image Resource of more than a thousand species &amp; eight thousand images> of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically &amp;> place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license> attached with each image.> For identification, learning, discussion &amp; documentation of Indian> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the> world- around 2350 members &amp; 1,90,000 messages on 31/5/14) or> Efloraofindia website (with a species database of more than 9500 species> &amp; 1,90,000 images).> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata &amp; Common Birds of> India'.>>>>>>>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
