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Subject Sati

1. Add Or 5727

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5727
Title:
A widow performs ritual immolation or sati.
Scope & Content:
A widow performs ritual immolation or sati along a river front. She is seated within the circle of fire next to the funeral pyre where her husband rests.Priest, sepoys and villagers attend the funeral. In the distant background, horse and bull drawn carts are transporting locals. There are mosqu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1760-80
Extent:
1 Item

2. IOR/L/PS/5/144, ff 575-950

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/144, ff 575-950
Title:
News-Letters, 1839
Scope & Content:
Newsletters sent out by the Officiating Secretary to the Government of India containing compiled summaries of reports from British officials and military officers in various parts of South Asia and the Middle East. Each newsletter is divided into headings, most of which refer to the place a re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1839-20 Dec 1839
Extent:
1 item (376 folios)

3. Photo 11(91)

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

4. Photo 28/1(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/1(29)
Title:
Kangra. Monuments of sutteeism. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 511' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View of a group of sati memorial stones beneath a tree at Kangra, with figures posed on the wall surrounding the base of the trees.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 175(119)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 175(119)
Title:
Monuments of sutteeism, Kangra. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 793(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 793(41)
Title:
Baniyan Tree, Kangra, with Suttee Monuments. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1000/9(959)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/9(959)
Title:
Sati stones dug out of the ruined tank, Ambaranatha Temple, Ambarnath. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1003(821)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(821)
Title:
Inscribed sati stone from Rameshra, Jhansi District. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880s-180s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1005/2(3c)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1005/2(3c)
Title:
Ratanpur. Group of Sati monuments. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907-1908
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1005/2(149c)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1005/2(149c)
Title:
Nagpur. Sati monuments. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907-1908
Extent:
1 item

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