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Allahabad (Prayaga)
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1183 · Item · No date
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'Allahabad (Prayag)'

Map depicting the sacred geography of Allahabad (Prayaga).

Anon.

All inscriptions apart from title endorsement in Hindi.

Title in manuscript in pencil in bottom left corner.

Amber
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1184 · Item · No date
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

Four photographs and two reproductions of photographs of the Palace at Amber (exterior and interior) and the environs, mounted on one sheet.

  • 'Ambere Palace'; endorsed '139'; 28.5 x 20.4 cm on 30.1 x 16.5 cm backing
  • View of a valley with various buildings; reproduction of a photograph
  • Photograph of a pavilion; 15.4 x 10.8 cm on 16.4 x 11.9 cm backing
  • Partial view of an inner courtyard facade of the Palace at Amber; 29.3 x 21 cm on 31.2 x 22.3 cm backing
  • 'Interior Glass Palace, Amber'; 20 x 15.2 cm on 21.6 x 16.7 cm backing
  • View into a valley with various buildings, some of them ruins; endorsed '114'. 28.9 x 20.6 cm on 30.7 x 22.4 cm backing

Anon.

Ayodhya
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1185 · Item · No date
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'(Oudh) Ajodhya'

Map depicting the sacred geography of Ayodhya.

Anon.

All inscriptions apart from title endorsement in Hindi.

Title in manuscript in pencil in bottom left corner.

'Ayodhya' endorsed in manuscript in pencil botton right corner.

Baroda (Vadodara)
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1186 · Item · No date
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'Baroda'.
'Reduced from the Original Survey on the Scale of 200 feet to an inch. executed by Lieut. Col. W.F. Badgley [...] and Assistants to the Survey of India.'

W[ ] F[ ] Badgley.

Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile

Amendments to map in blue pencil.

Several annotations in manuscript in pencil and ink, at least one by Patrick Geddes.

Bellary
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1190 · Item · [c. 1914]
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'Diagram showing plague deaths in Bellary Municipality (1901-1914)'
'J.C. [Subranamagr], special [observer] Bellary'
'[ ] Chairman of the Municipality, Bellary'

Anon.

Benares (Varanasi)
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1192 · Item · No date
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'Old Projecting Balcony at the Man Mundil or Observatory, Benares'
'Drawn on stone by C. Hullmandel from a sketch by James Prinsep'

Charles Hullmandel, 1789-1850, English lithographer, after James Prinsep.

Benares (Varanasi)
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1196 · Item · No date
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

Eight photographs of Ghats at Benares, and one photograph of a street scene at [Benares], mounted on one sheet.

  • Partial view of Ghats; 20.3 x 15.6 cm on 21.7 x 17.1 cm backing
  • Partial view of Ghats; 20.3 x 15.5 cm on 21.9 x 17.1 cm backing
  • Street scene; 14.1 x 19.8 cm on 15.9 x 21.6 cm backing
  • Panorama view of river front at Benares; 2 photographs mounted together: 57.1 x 12 cm
  • Partial view of Ghats; 14.8 x 19 cm on 16.6 x 20.7 cm backing
  • Partial view of Ghats; 29.4 x 24.2 cm on 31.1 x 26 cm backing
  • Two people preparing a fire for cremating a corpse; 25.2 x 20.3 cm on 27.4 x 22.4 cm backing
  • Partial view of Ghats; 29.1 x 24.5 cm on 30.8 x 26.3 cm backing

Anon.

Benares (Varanasi)
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1197 · Item · No date
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

Six photographs of Ghats along the River Ganga at Benares, all photographs showing people involved in ritual washings, preparing funerals or other activities, mounted on one sheet.

Anon.

  • Panoramic view along the river front of Benares; 29.2 x 24.2 cm on 30.9 x 25.9 cm backing
  • View along the river front of Benares; 29.5 x 24.3 cm on 31.2 x 25.7 cm backing
  • View along the river front of Benares; 29.2 x 24.3 cm on 31 x 26 cm backing
  • View along the river front of Benares; 29.1 x 23.7 cm on 30.9 x 25.5 cm backing
  • Religious (?) building at the river front of Benares; 27.8 x 24.7 cm on 29.5 x 26.5 cm backing
  • View of the river front of Benares with a temple building; 28.5 x 23.5 cm on 30.4 x 25.8 cm backing