Mussucks for crossing the Beas River, Kulu. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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View looking towards the river, with porters posed with inflated buffalo hides (mussocks), preparatory to crossing the stream. Bourne's dark-tent is under the tree, as is Dr George Rankin Playfair who accompanied Bourne on his third Himalayan trip.
The great Pagoda at Tanjore with corridor on the northern side. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Photograph of the Great Pagoda of the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. The Brihadishvara Temple built by the Chola king Rajaraja around 1010, is a monumental temple standing in the middle of a large courtyard surrounded by smaller shrines.
Landing goods near the Custom House, Calcutta. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1726 in the negative. View of sailing ships moored in the Hugli, with barrels being unloaded onto the riverbank in the foreground.