The daughter of an Indian maharajah seated on a panther
she shot, sometime
to file: during 1920s. This picture and the others in this
series appear in a new
pic08260.gif) book, 'India Then and Now', by Vir Sanghvi and
Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Roli
Books, India. Pictures courtesy: Roli Books.
A throwback from the Raj: A British man gets a pedicure
from an Indian
servant.
The Grand Trunk Road, built by Sher Shah Suri, was the
main trade route from
Calcutta to Kabul. Here, transport leaves Ambala for Delhi.
A group of dancing girls. Dancing or nautch girls began
performing at courts
around 1830. They were known for their elaborate
costumes and jewellery.
A rare aerial view of the president's palace and the
parliament building in
Delhi, both designed by architects Edwin Lutyens and
Herbert Baker.
Women gather at a party in Mumbai (Bombay) in 1910,
a sign that women
were very much part of the social scene in many respects.
A group from Vaishnava, a sect founded by a Hindu
mystic. His followers are
called Gosvami-maharajahs and own several temples.
An aerial view of Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi, built
between 1650 and
1658 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
The Imperial Airways 'Hanno' Hadley Page passenger
airplane carries the
England to India air mail, stopping in Sharjah to refuel.
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