From Trivandrum; With 92 photographs: c. 12th January: Trip together with the female archaeologist Dr. Minakshi and Miss Cunning before the Bakes left for Madura on their way to Colombo, to "the seven Pagodas" or Mahabalipuram (officially Mamallapuram, the large town of Mallas), the remains of a port town of the Pallava kings in the 5th-9th century A. D. The photographs show temples and sculptures cut from live rocks. About 50 miles from Madras. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a boatman at the bank with his loaded boat nearby in Mahabalipuram (officially Mamallapuram, the large town of Mallas), the remains of a port town of the Pallava kings in the 5th-9th century A. D., about 50 miles from Madras.
From Calcutta; Trip to Kenduli: A man who had nothing to do with the mela; in his hand an instrument to catch fish in shallow water. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
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Genre: Portrait Photography A man who had nothing to do with the mela; in his hand an instrument to catch fish in shallow water.