What are some rare photographs of Indian history? | Munipalli Akshay Paul |
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- Hindu priests writing religious texts in the modern-day state of Jammu and Kashmir, the 1890s.
2. Portrait of four seated men, described as bankers in the caption, from Delhi in India, taken by Shepherd and Robertson in c.1863.
3. Image of two men, seated with account books and piles of coins, money changers at Delhi.
4. Market Place in Kathmandu, Nepal – 1901
5. Lion capitals, Torana beams and other sculpture fragments lying on the ground near the Great Stupa, Sanchi, Bhopal State – 1875
6. Pendant with Narasimha 9th-10th century
7. Sword From Serirangapatna - 16Th Century
8. Gupta Period Gold Coin Showing King Chandragupta II as an Archer
9. Seal Of Rajendra Chola 1 - Chola Kingdom
10. Gold dinar, c. 200-225 CE
Left - Crowned, diademed king standing facing, nimbate, holding trident and sacrificing at the altar
Right - Four-armed Shiva standing facing, holding trident and diadem, lotus and water pot, Bull Nandi right behind
11. Two bronze Pumps (pichkari) for the festival of Holi
India, 19th Century
12. Sketch-map of Rameswaram - 10 July 1789
13. Rare images of Delhi's great buildings taking shape.
14. Dashashvamedha Ghat from the Kitchener of Khartoum Collection: 'Views of Benares. Presented by the Maharaja of Benares' by Babu Jageswar Prasad in 1883.
15.Tirupati Yatré - On Pilgrimages, a dialogue
Published by Stolz and Reuther, Mangalore - 1870
In Kannada
16. Krishnadevaraya with his two queens.
17. Gabriel Jouveau-Dubreuil (1885-1945) a French archaeologist specialized in Southern India. He was the first discoverer of artefacts at Nagarjunakonda in 1926,
18. A bronze image of Rama with his bow made for worship, copper alloy, Madurai,
19. Survey of the boundaries of Purgunna of Bangalore – 1800
20. Helmet, Maratha, 18th century
Helmet with pointed and curved-over crest and a curved tail projecting below the rim. Partially gilt, leaving panels of steel.
21. The Palace, Mysore -the 1890s
22. A repoussé gold coin Necklace (kasumalai) late 19th Century Composed of one hundred coins, each with repoussé decoration depicting Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, linked to a gold chain with floral motifs and bud finials.
23. Entrance gopura to the Vishvanatha Temple in Kumbakonam, taken by Alexander Rea in c.1892, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections.
24. Queen Victoria at her desk, assisted by Abdul Karim in 1885
25. Tirumala Hills - 1939
26. Old Kannada inscription on victory pillar, Virupaksha Temple, Pattadakal, 733–745 CE
27. Nairs of Kerala
29. Indian Soldiers - World War - 1
30. The Great Departure and the Temptation of the Buddha Ikshvaku
31. Shiva as Slayer of the Elephant Demon, Chola Period, 11th century
Granite.
32. The Dream of Queen Maya (the Buddha's Conception) Kushan period 2nd century
33. Krishna Killing the Horse Demon Keshi - Gupta period 5th century
34. The Indus Valley Civilization
35. Noblemen of Coorg or Kodagu - 1866
36. Nandi at Chamundi Hills, Mysore – 1902
37. The World's Parliament of Religions An illustrated and popular story of the World's first parliament of religions, held in Chicago in connection with the Columbian exposition of 1893
38. A Group Of Yogis
39. A sword found in Tipu's bed-chamber was publicly presented by General Harris to General Baird, who had led the assault.
40. Tiger claws reputed to have been used by Chhatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj to kill Afzal Khan; Maratha, 17th century.
41. Netaji
42. Netaji and Jinnah
43. Globe or sphere (Bughola), depicting the Jaina cosmos.
Made of bronze; inscribed.
44. A family was starving in a relief camp during the Madras Famine 1876-1878, Tamil Nadu, South India. A twenty-year-old man, five feet tall, weighed sixty-two and a half pounds.
45. Portrait of eight priests from the Kodagu District, Karnataka in south-west India, taken by Nicholas and Curtis in c.1860s.
46. The Nagas 1890 - tribesmen were taken by Bourne and Shepherd in the 1890s. It is a full-length studio portrait of five Naga men wearing their characteristic headgear with boars' tusks.
47. Photo Of Baba Surinder Singh Bedi and Kanwar Sardul Singh Bedi that are direct descendants of Guru Nanak.
48. Temple jewellery from the Ranganatha Temple at Srirangam, Tamil Nadu - 1895
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