[General view of the Ranganatha temple at Srirangam.] Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the temple complex from the south. Subjects = architectural elements; gopuras; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples
[Southern entrance gateway to the Ranganatha temple, Srirangam.] Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view (base only) of the entrance gateway to the temple complex. The pyramid was not built. Print 41 was probably photographed from the top of this structure. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples
Pakhpu of Khalistan, upper course of Tiznaf River, Yarkand. Photographer: Chapman, Edward Francis
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two men squatting in front of a tent. This photograph also appears as print 20 from Forsyth's Report (see preceding print, which shows the same figures) and is there titled 'Men of the Pakpoo tribe living in the Valleys bordering that of the Tisnaf River'. Sub...
[Detail of the vimana or great tower of the Brihadishvara Temple, Tanjore.] Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of sculpture on the lower stories of the vimana of the Brihadishvara Temple. Subjects = architectural elements; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu); temples; vimanas (towered sanctuaries)
[Men of the Pakpoo Tribe, Tiznap River, south-west China]. Photographer: Chapman, Edward Francis
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two squatting figures. This photograph also appears as plate 21 of Sir Thomas Forsyth's 'Report of a mission to Yarkund in 1873' (Calcutta, 1875), which is illustrated with 102 original tipped-in prints and describes the mission sent to Yarkand for ...
[Portrait of Salar Jang, Prime Minister of Hyderabad.] Photographer: Nixon, H. J.
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated studio portrait of Sir Salar Jang (1829-1883), Prime Minister of Hyderabad 1853-83, wearing a long velvet coat with frogging. His right arm rests on a heavy bookcase containing a set of 'Encyclopaedia Britannica.' Another copy of this print can be ...
The Great Tower over the chief shrine of the Temple, Tanjore. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking towards the massive vimana of the Chola period Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore (modern Thanjavur). Subjects = architectural elements; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples; vimanas (towered sanctuaries)
General view of Darjeeling, showing the Snowy Range, 40 miles distant, as seen from St Paul's School. Photographer: Doyle, John H.
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Genre: Landscape Photography General view overlooking the town, looking north towards Sikkim and the Himalayas, with the peak of Kanchenjunga visible in the far distance. Subjects = hill stations; mountain scenery Location = Darjeeling; Darjiling; Himalayas; India; West Bengal