India (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 7957 Collections and/or Records:
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The Krishin-Bhawan at Deeg [i. e. Dig], 1880 - 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022K/24
Scope and Contents
267 x 203 mm. View looking across somewhat unknown gardens towards the Kishan Bhawan Palace. Numbered '1901'.
Dates:
1880 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Kutab Minar, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/10
Scope and Contents
184x235mm. View of the Kutub (or Qutb) Minar, the 250 foot 'Tower of Victory' standing in the ruins of the mosque in Old Delhi. The lower three decorated storeys, probably designed by masons from Ghazni, were either built or completed by the monarch Altumsh between 1196 and 1235 A.D. The upper parts of the tower were added by Sultan Firuz Shah in 1368. For a reconstructed view of the mosque, see J.H. Page, 'Guide to the Qutb, Delhi' (Calcutta, 1927), plate 2.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Kutab Minar and the Iron Pillar near Delhi, 1908-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/734
Scope and Contents
350 x 250 mm.
Dates:
1908-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Kutab Minar, Delhi, 1874 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J/17
Scope and Contents
180 x 250 mm. No. 1984.
Dates:
1874 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Kutab [Qutb] Minar near Delhi, 1902 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022R/175
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The prints are of two types; large professional photographs, chiefly of Benares, Delhi, and Agra, and smaller amateur prints. presumably by Davies, relating both to these places and to Kashmir - river and mountain scenes. These are chiefly on left hand pages, with professional photographs on the right, and are captioned. Towards the end of the album, after a series of Agra scenes, there is a group of interesting...
Dates:
1902 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Kutub Minar and surrounding ruins, 1860 - 1869
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022D/8
Scope and Contents
294 x 242 mm. Showing the Kutub Minar with the ruins of the mosque to the right. The top of the famous iron pillar (see Y3022L/11) can be seen between the two archways in the courtyard. The view looks W from the Court of Ala-uddin. To the left of the Katub is the Alai Darwazah, a red sandstone domed building built in 1310 AD and forming the S entrance to the mosque enclosure. See plan of the ruins in Murray's ‘Handbook for travellers in India Burma and Ceylon’ (1909 edn. p. 209). Bourne no....
Dates:
1860 - 1869
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Kutub-Minar [Delhi], 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022I/94
Scope and Contents
236 x 290 mm. See Y3022/D8-10. Photograph by Sashe, no. 134.
Dates:
1870 - 1879
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Kutub Minar, first gallery, 1860 - 1869
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022D/9
Scope and Contents
233 x 296 mm. Close up view of the lower section of the Kutub Hinar showing the decoration and script carved in relief. Bourne no. 1371.
Dates:
1860 - 1869
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Kutub (Qutb) Minar, Delhi, 1874
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 21/1/35
Scope and Contents
175 x 222 mm. Built in 1199 by Sultan Qutb ud-din Aibah to mark Muslim ascendency in India. It is 72.5 m (238 ft).
Dates:
1874
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The labourers bustle eager for work
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 23/2
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains hand-coloured prints, 196 x 140 mm., each set in a deep mount with title in gold lettering below and bound in a dark green padded untitled album. The printed title page of this album indicates its purpose. 'The Ships of the Royal Indian Tour coaled in Bombay in the fastest manner possible and Uniqe record for speed established on H.M.S. Terrible while equipping for the return voyage, by J.F. Karaka and Co., Bombay coaling contractors to His Majesty's Navy. The achievement was...
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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‘The Ladies Battle’, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/46
Scope and Contents
285 x 219 mm. Group portrait of figures dressed for a theatrical performance. Identified are: G.L. Garstin, 63rd Regt; Major Barnard; Captn Gwyn R.A.; Mrs Lindsay. Photograph probably at Darjeeling.
Dates:
1870 - 1879
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Lahore Gate, The Fort, Delhi, 1908-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 5/719
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format).
Dates:
1908-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The lake at Gujner, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 15/57
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints the majority of which are circa 290 x 215 mm., but 4-6, 9-18, 20-27, 51-55, 91-94, and 96-98 are approximately 140 x 100 mm. Nos. 4-27, 51 are scenes of the Royal Visit in November 1905, 19-26 being triumphal arches. The other subjects are the Maharajah and his family (1-3), Lallgarh Palace (28-50), Gujner (52-64), the Old Palace (65-82, 85), Bikaner City (83-84, 891-98 and Bikaner forces (89-90). There are printed captions: the collection is in a richly bound album...
Dates:
1905
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The lake at Gujner, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 15/58
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints the majority of which are circa 290 x 215 mm., but 4-6, 9-18, 20-27, 51-55, 91-94, and 96-98 are approximately 140 x 100 mm. Nos. 4-27, 51 are scenes of the Royal Visit in November 1905, 19-26 being triumphal arches. The other subjects are the Maharajah and his family (1-3), Lallgarh Palace (28-50), Gujner (52-64), the Old Palace (65-82, 85), Bikaner City (83-84, 891-98 and Bikaner forces (89-90). There are printed captions: the collection is in a richly bound album...
Dates:
1905
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Lake, Mt. Abu, from the Residency, 1908-02 - 1908-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 6/926
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format).
Dates:
1908-02 - 1908-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Lake, Mt. Abu, from the Residency, 1908-02 - 1908-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 6/927
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format).
Dates:
1908-02 - 1908-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Lake, Mt. Abu, from the Residency, 1908-02 - 1908-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/926
Scope and Contents
350 x 250 mm.
Dates:
1908-02 - 1908-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The landslide at Naini Tal, 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/87
Scope and Contents
281 x 222 mm. Photograph taken from the same place as the preceding print showing the devastation caused by the landslide of Sept. 1880.
Dates:
1880
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The largest sundial in the world, 1908-02 - 1908-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 6/903
Scope and Contents
Half-plate. The Samrat Yantra in the observatory at Jaipur. The height of the gnomon is 75ft [i.e. feet]. At the back is seen above some pink dwelling houses the clock tower of the city Palace whose time is regulated by this sundial. Gokul Chandra Bhawan, Raj Jotshi, in charge of the observatory is seen standing in the circumference or paridhi of the dial (Fisher).
Dates:
1908-02 - 1908-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Lat of Asoka, 1908-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 5/739
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. The Ridge, Delhi. [With group of Indians].
Dates:
1908-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Lat of Asoka, The Ridge, Delhi, 1908-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 5/740
Scope and Contents
Between the Flagstaff Tower and the Mutiny Monument. (Fisher). [The Lat of Asoka, The Ridge, Delhi (Kodak films). This pillar was originally erected at Meerut in the 3rd Century B.C. by King Asoka. It was removed thence and set up in the Koshuk Shikar Palace near this by the Emperor Firuzshah A.D. 1356 : thrown down and broken into five pieces by the explosion of a powder magazine A.D. 1713-1719. It was restored and set up in this place by the British Government A.D. 1867. ...
Dates:
1908-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Lat of Asoka, The Ridge, Delhi, 1908-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 5/741
Scope and Contents
Between the Flagstaff Tower and the Mutiny Monument. (Fisher). [The Lat of Asoka, The Ridge, Delhi (Kodak films). This pillar was originally erected at Meerut in the 3rd Century B.C. by King Asoka. It was removed thence and set up in the Koshuk Shikar Palace near this by the Emperor Firuzshah A.D. 1356 : thrown down and broken into five pieces by the explosion of a powder magazine A.D. 1713-1719. It was restored and set up in this place by the British Government A.D. 1867. ...
Dates:
1908-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The ‘lat’ or column of Sultan Feroze Shah, in the ruins of his palace at Delhi, 1874
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 21/1/37
Scope and Contents
216 x 160 mm. One of the more than 2,000 year-old Asoka columns, it was brought to Delhi by Feroze Shah from a site near Khigrabad up the Jumna River, (p. 305).
Dates:
1874
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The late Lord Mayo, 1870
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022C/1
Scope and Contents
232 x 310 mm. Full length portrait of Richard Southwell Bourne (1822-1872), 6th Earl of Mayo and Viceroy of India 1868-72. Known as Lord Naas between 1849-67, Mayo was M.P. for Kildare 1847-52, for Cockermouth 1857-68 and Chief Secretary for Ireland at various periods between 1852 and 1868. His promising term of office as Viceroy was cut short by his assassination at the hands of a convict at Port Blair in the Andaman Islands on 8 February 1872.
Dates:
1870
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The late Maharajah of Kashmir, 1899 - 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022V/20
Scope and Contents
210 x 150 mm. Photograph of painting of Ranbir Singh (1832-1885).
Dates:
1899 - 1901
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).