Moplah Women
Moplahs are the Muslim descendants of Arab traders who married local women and settled along the Malabar coast over the centuries.
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Bombay, Bara Bazaar
[Original caption] The Bara Bazaar, Bombay (City). The Bara Bazaar is one of the busiest spots in the City of Bombay, and is substantial in its industries as it is in its appearance.
Returning Caravans Khyber Pass
The area around the Khyber Pass is and was dotted with fortified towers where people could barricade themselves in case of attack and store grain; during the many British military expeditions in the area during the 19th and early 20th century the
In the Market, Bangalore.
Bangalore is well-known for sprawling shopping malls, although in British times it was largely a cantonment town and only recently has become an information technology hub and one of the cities most prominently linked to the outsourcing of Western
Bombay View
Bombay is the anglicized name of the original Portuguese word "Bombaim." Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the state of Maharashtra.
[Fakir Benares]
![[Fakir Benares]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/varanasi-fakir_0.jpg?itok=555f4V-m "[Fakir Benares]")
A fakir is a hermit who often lives in seclusion and devotes his life to religion.
Sir William Wedderburn
One of the least known strands in the Indian struggle for Independence is the role of many different British supporters of freedom from Imperial rule. About one of these Kusoom Vadgama writes in her enlightening volume India British Campaigns in
Vishwamitra-Menaka
[Original caption, verso] Vishwamitra-Menaka :- This scene shows Menaka as tempting the great sage Vishwamitra, who yields to her and gets Shakuntala by her. [end]
Sadh Bela Built in the Indus - Sukkur
Sadh Bela [Belo] is a small island in the Indus river next to the city of Sukkur, Sindh. On it is a Hindu temple complex initially built in the early 19th century and still the site of an annual festival. Published by the New Book Co.
Mar Nala, Srinagar Kashmir
This Aquarelle Series postcard was likely printed by Raphael Tuck & Sons for Hartmann.
This particular card, with the carefully placed stamp was sent by Ernest L. of the XII Hussars in Deccan to Miss Marcineau in France on July 22, 1909. [Verso] Dear
