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Place Bihār, India

1. Add Or 4707

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Add Or 4707
Title:
A small Hindu temple on the further side of the river, possibly Baikunthpur. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
A small Hindu temple on the further side of the river, with in the foreground one of the storage boats being pulled along by its boatmen. Inscribed below: ‘Byacound.- A Hindoo Mundell 3 Coss from Patna.’ 240 by 343 mm. Watercolour view of a Hindu temple from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Patna to...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 4711

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4711
Title:
Lord Hastings' flotilla on the river, with many pinnace budgerows. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
The flotilla on the river, with many pinnace budgerows (some with palanquins on their roofs), and beyond a small British station (Union flag) on the cliffs above; lots of people and smoke rising from a fire. Inscribed below: ‘The River Butar.- Ganges in the foreground with part of Lord Moira’s ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 5633

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5633
Title:
Sita hands Rama a garland
Scope & Content:
Few images could be more auspicious for the walls of a bridal chamber than one invoking the marriage of Rama and Sita. Designs for a family’s marriage paintings would traditionally be carried in women’s heads, since as girls they would help the elder women prepare the rooms. Sometimes the desi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 2000
Extent:
1 Item

4. IOR/X/12031/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12031/1
Title:
Geological Survey of India, Geological Map of Bihar and Orissa
Scope & Content:
Shows geology of Bihar and Orissa on a topographical base map. Compiled by Sir Lewis Leigh Fermor. Heliozincographed at Survey of India Offices, Calcutta. Note 'The geology of Bihar and Orissa is summarised briefly in Rees, G. S., Vol VIII, pp. 240-245, (1921)'. Label attached to verso states: 'T...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1921
Extent:
1 sheet

5. IOR Neg 12034

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 12034
Title:
Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart papers.
Scope & Content:
Speeches of Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart (1888-1964) as Governor of Bihar 1939-43.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939-1943
Extent:
1 reel

6. IOR Neg 15538-67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 15538-67
Title:
Papers of Earl Mountbatten of Burma as Viceroy 1947 and Governor-General 1947-48 of India
Scope & Content:
Mountbatten Collection: correspondence and papers of Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979) as Viceroy and Governor-General of India 1947-48. the following original items have not been filmed: Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Viceroy 1947 and Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947-1948
Extent:
30 reels

7. Mss Eur B260

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B260
Title:
Robert George Hobbes papers.
Scope & Content:
`Scenes in the Cities and Wilds of Hindostan': manuscript by Private Robert George Hobbes (1821-99), Bengal Army 1839-43, clerk on the staff of the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces; later incorporated into Hobbes's `Reminiscenses of seventy years life, travel and adventure', 2 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1852
Extent:
1 volume

8. Mss Eur Buchanan

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Buchanan
Title:
Papers of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762-1829)
Scope & Content:
Papers of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, comprising: Journals of his Deputation from Bengal to Ava [Burma], 1795-1798 Observations on Nepal, 1802 Natural history observations and drawings made at the Barrackpore Menagerie Notes, descriptions and natural history illustrations in preparation for Fishe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1795-1823
Extent:
56 volumes

9. Mss Eur C14, ff.45-51

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C14, ff.45-51
Title:
4 drawings depicting fishing nets, pounders, musical instruments and pottery from an album of 46 drawings, the remainder illustrating the costumes of Bihar.
Scope & Content:
See Kaye no.170. 46 drawings (57 folios); 42 illustrating costumes worn by Hindu and Muhammadan men and women in Bihar, and 4 depicting fishing nets, pounders, musical instruments and pottery. Costume drawings c.1814; ethnographical drawings c.1808 to 1809. Inscribed with titles in ink. ff.1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1808
Extent:
1 Item

10. Mss Eur C407

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C407
Title:
Frederick Charles Tollemache Halliday papers.
Scope & Content:
`Peregrinations of a Peripatetic Policeman': memoir, dated 1937, by Frederick Charles Tollemache Halliday (b 1873), Indian Police 1895-1918, recounting his life as District Superintendent of Police, Manbhum 1912-13, and as adviser on security arrangements for Viceregal tours 1913-17; including an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1917
Extent:
2 volumes