India - 1873

Studio Portrait of Blacksmiths at Work in India - 1873 From the Archaeological Survey of India Collections Source: British Library (bl.uk) Gurappa Desai (on Horse) of Konnur, Karnataka - 1920s Konnur is a small village in Karnataka. During 1920s he or his family owned the village Kunnur and and other surrounding villages. This Photograph is contributed by Vidya Desai from her family album. King of Nepal Maharaj Dhiraj Surendra Bikram Sah and other Members of a Darbar - 1863 This Photograph shows the King of Nepal, Maharaj Dhiraj Surendra Bikram Sah, (ruled 1846-81), Col George Ramsay, the British Resident, who represented the Government of India as Ambassador (Nepal was otherwise closed to Europeans), is on the King's right. Raj Guru, the chief Hindu priest of Nepal, is on the King's left. Sitting on Colonel Ramsay's right is one of Jang Bahadur's brothers, probably Jagat Shamsher. Photographer:Clarence Comyn Taylor Source: British Library (bl.uk) Three Hindu Priests Writing Religious Texts in the Jammu and Kashmir - 1895 Source: British Library (bl.uk) Boy from the caste of scribes - Bengal, c1856 Credit:Robert Schlagintweit Portrait of an Astrologer - 1892 Photographer: Raja Deen Dayal Two Maratha Boys from Akalkot - Bombay (Mumbai) 1867 Photographer:Hurrichund Chintamon Source: British Library