The Jumrood Fort at the entrance to the Khyber Pass. Photographer: Shepherd, Charles
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Photograph of the Jamrud Fort in the North-West Frontier Province, taken by Charles Shepherd in the 1860s. Jamrud fort occupies a ruggedly majestic setting at the mouth of the Khyber Pass. It was constructed on the site of an earlier fort out of stone daubed with mud plaster under the direction ...
Ootacamund, the Lake, sunset, from the Willow Bund. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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View of Ootacamund, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. View looking across the lake, towards the tree-covered hills silhouetted against the skyline on the far side. This may well be one of the several views of Ootacamund shown by Bourne at the 1869 Bengal Photographic Society Exhibition, and which ...
The Great Gate at Futtypore Sikree near Agra. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1263 in the negative. View looking up towards the Buland Darwaza, the gateway of the Jami Masjid at Fatehpur Sikri.
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...