From Shantiniketan: The system of irrigation in this region. Water runs from the pond into a pit and is lifted from there to a pit on a higher level by means of boatlike containers. If the difference in height is great, the lifting is done several times. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
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Genre: Portrait Photography View of the system of irrigation in the region. Water runs from the pond into a pit and is lifted from there to a pit on a higher level by means of boatlike containers. If the difference in height is great, the lifting is done several times.
Shrivardhan, The Konkun Coast. The Bombay Presidency. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Genre: Architectural Photography A small seaside village where the Hubshee of Janjira had a country seat, high walled seclusion of his harem. A luxury in which present day holders of the title do not indulge. The gardens, formerly quite extensive, are now only partly maintained. The wheel &am...
View of the Krishna River and anicut from Colonel Orr's house, Vijayawada (Bezwada). Photographer: Thompson, Ross
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Genre: Landscape Photography View from a neighbouring hill, looking across agricultural land towards Vijayawada and the Krishna River beyond. The masonry dam or anicut across the river can just be discerned left of centre. Signed in the negative Ross Thompson Lt R.E. 1863.
Government workshops and Kistna Anicut, Vijayawada (Bezwada), with Sitanagaram Hill in the distance. Photographer: Thompson, Ross
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking down onto the workshops in the foreground, with the dam or anicut across the river beyond, and the hill rising from the far bank. Signed in the negative Ross Thompson Lt R.E. 1863.