Road scene near Tanjore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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View along a palm-lined road, with two figures standing in the middleground and with a temple gopura seen through the trees in the distance. Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869.
Sunset on Manus Bul Lake, Cashmere. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Photograph of the Manus Bul Lake in Kashmir, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The lake is situated in the Jhelum valley and was named after the lake of Mansarowar which skirts the sacred Mount Kailash. The Baladar Mountains overlook the lake's eastern bank while on it's northern bank are the...
Ice cave in the glacier. Source of the Ganges. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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View looking towards the ice cave on the Gangotri Glacier, with the source of the Ganges issuing from it, with two figures posed beside the stream in the foreground, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
The great Pagoda, Tanjore, from the ramparts. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Photograph of the Great Pagoda of the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. View looking towards the sanctuary tower of the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore (Thanjavur).