Capturing history - Rare photos from India's past

[Kamal Hassan]

In pictures: India Then

 

	The daughter of an Indian maharajah seated on a panther she shot, sometime during 1920s. This picture and the others in this series appear in a new 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.         UnRealLove| MSN: xla...@hotmail.com                Yahoo: bloodofd...@yahoo.com                Email: unr...@inbox.com "I Lo ve T he Pe o pl e W h o H at e M e "

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