Khas-hodi with pigs being fed, Udaipur. Photographer: Unknown
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Photograph of Khas Odi Palace from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. This is a view looking up towards the walls of the palace with boar being fed on the open land in the foreground.
Photograph of the bund at the Udaisagar Lake from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur' taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. This is a view across the lake towards the massive bund or dam, which has tiers of pyramidal steps leading down to the water between buttresses and a temple on th...
Mewar Bhil Corps [on parade]. Photographer: Unknown
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Photograph of Mewar Bhil Corps from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. This view shows the corps on parade with artillery in the background and a fort on the skyline.
Cenotaph at Ahar [near Udaipur]. Photographer: Unknown
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Photographs of cenotaphs at Ahar, from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur' taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. The cenotaphs stand in the royal cremation ground at Ahar, a short distance east of the city. The first royal cenotaph to be built was that of Maharana Amar Singh (r. 1597-...
Temple of Shri Eklingji [near Udaipur]. Photographer: Unknown
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Photograph of the Shiva temple in Eklingji from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. This is a general view of the Ekalinga Temple. The temple is built on the shore of a small lake and it is approached by a flight of steps. The hall or mandapa has fi...
Bund of Jaismand lake with its palace [Dhebar Lake]. Photographer: Unknown
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Photograph of the bund and palace at Jaisamand Lake from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur' taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. This is a view accross the lake looking towards the dam and countryside beyond, showing the six white marble chhatris or domed pavilions which ornament the...
Bund of the Jaisamand lake [Dhebar Lake]. Photographer: Unknown
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Photograph of the bund at Jaisamand Lake from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur' taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. This is a view looking parallel to the dam with hills beyond. Six white marble chhatris or domed pavilions ornament the dam along its length and a quadrangular Shiva ...
Palace on the hill adjoining the Bund of the Jaisamand lake [Dhebar Lake]. Photographer: Unknown
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Photograph of the hilltop palace from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. This view shows the dam at Jaisamand Lake and the hilltop palaces. Jaisamand Lake, also known as Dhebar Lake, lies about 52 km south-east of Udaipur and is the second-largest ...
Fort Komal Garh [Kumbhalgarh]. Photographer: Unknown
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Photograph of Kumbhalgarh fort from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. Kumbhalgarh fort, 84 km north of Udaipur, rests on a hilltop in the Aravalli range at 1100 m. Chittaurgarh fort and Kumbhalgarh fort were the two most important forts used by th...
Raj Samand lake with its bund [Kankroli]. Photographer: Unknown
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Photograph of Rajsamand Lake from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur' taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. This is a view from a neighbouring hillside looking down onto the dam, known as the Nauchowki Bund, at the southern end near Kankroli.