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Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 11(87)
Title:: Snowy heights from the Wanga Valley. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:: Photograph of the snowy heights from Wanga Valley, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1863, on the last leg of his first Himalayan journey.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1863
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 11(88)
Title:: View in the Wanga Valley. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:: Looking over conifers to the snowy peaks in the Wanga Valley, near Shimla, taken on the last leg of Samuel Bourne's first Himalayan journey in 1863.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1863
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 11(89)
Title:: Glaciers from the Wanga Valley. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:: Photograph of glaciers from the Wanga Valley, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1863. By the 1860s. This view was taken during Bourne's First Himalayan Expedition, July 29-Oct 12, 1863.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1863
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 11(91)
Title:: Monuments of Sutteeism in the Kangra Valley. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:: View of stone sati memorials under a tree in the Kangra valley, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Sati or the custom of a widow immolating herself on her husband’s funeral pyre was practiced by some Hindus, particularly the Rajputs. Sati slabs were placed in memory of the women who committed ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1864
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 11(92)
Title:: View on the Kashmir Road near Budrawar [Bhadarwah]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:: View on the Kashmir Road, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1864
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 11(93)
Title:: View below the Meribul Pass, Singpore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:: River scene near the Meribul Pass, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1864
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 11(94)
Title:: Ruins of Martund. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:: General view of the ruins of the Surya Temple at Martand, Jammu and Kashmir, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The temple, dedicated to the sun deity, is considered a masterpiece of early-Kashmir temple style and was built by Lalitaditya (c.724-60) the most powerful monarch of the Karkota dyn...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1864
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 11(95)
Title:: Bij Bihara on the Jhelum. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:: Distant view of the village from the riverbank. Another copy at Photo 1224/2(188).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1864
Extent:: 1 item

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