Hi All,
Kindly refer to the attachment for some of the most beautiful and interesting pictures from the history of India.
New addition:
Captions of the PICTURES
PIC - The daughter of an Indian maharajah seated on a panther she shot, sometime during the 1920s. This picture and the others in this series appear in a new book, 'India Then and Now', by Vir Sanghvi and Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Roli Books, India. Pictures courtesy: Roli Books.
PIC 1 - A throwback from the Raj: A British man gets a pedicure from an Indian servant.
PIC 2 - The Grand Trunk Road, built by Sher Shah Suri, was the main trade route from Calcutta to Kabul. Here, transport leaves Ambala for Delhi.
PIC 3 - A group of dancing girls. Dancing or nautch girls began performing at courts around 1830. They were known for their elaborate costumes and jewelry.
PIC 4 - A rare aerial view of the president's palace and the parliament building in Delhi, both designed by architects Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker.
PIC 5 - Women gather at a party in Mumbai (Bombay) in 1910, a sign that women were very much part of the social scene in many respects.
PIC 6 - A group from Vaishnava, a sect founded by a Hindu mystic. His followers are called Gosvami-maharajahs and own several temples.
PIC 7 - An aerial view of Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi, built between 1650 and 1658 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
PIC 8 - The Imperial Airways 'Hanno' Hadley Page passenger airplane carries the England to India airmail, stopping in Sharjah to refuel.
I hope you like it!
Thanks & Regards,
Anshu Goyal
Kindly refer to the attachment for some of the most beautiful and interesting pictures from the history of India.
New addition:
Captions of the PICTURES
PIC - The daughter of an Indian maharajah seated on a panther she shot, sometime during the 1920s. This picture and the others in this series appear in a new book, 'India Then and Now', by Vir Sanghvi and Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Roli Books, India. Pictures courtesy: Roli Books.
PIC 1 - A throwback from the Raj: A British man gets a pedicure from an Indian servant.
PIC 2 - The Grand Trunk Road, built by Sher Shah Suri, was the main trade route from Calcutta to Kabul. Here, transport leaves Ambala for Delhi.
PIC 3 - A group of dancing girls. Dancing or nautch girls began performing at courts around 1830. They were known for their elaborate costumes and jewelry.
PIC 4 - A rare aerial view of the president's palace and the parliament building in Delhi, both designed by architects Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker.
PIC 5 - Women gather at a party in Mumbai (Bombay) in 1910, a sign that women were very much part of the social scene in many respects.
PIC 6 - A group from Vaishnava, a sect founded by a Hindu mystic. His followers are called Gosvami-maharajahs and own several temples.
PIC 7 - An aerial view of Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi, built between 1650 and 1658 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
PIC 8 - The Imperial Airways 'Hanno' Hadley Page passenger airplane carries the England to India airmail, stopping in Sharjah to refuel.
I hope you like it!
Thanks & Regards,
Anshu Goyal
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