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 26 Nov 2020 Article/Essay
Essay:
Armagaon

'Armagaon or Armagon was the second colony of the English East India Company in Southern India. Its original name was Durgarazpatnam (Dugarazpatam) or Duraspatam.

It was chiefly inhabited by salt manufacturers. A small port 36 miles North of Pulicat it was the first place o... Read More
 26 Nov 2020 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Vestiges of Old Madras
By Henry Davison Love
Published by John Murray, London - 1913
Index Volume

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 26 Nov 2020 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Vestiges of Old Madras
By Henry Davison Love
Published by John Murray, London - 1913
Volume 3

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A settlement had, in 1611, been formed at Masulipatam, c... Read More
 26 Nov 2020 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Vestiges of Old Madras
By Henry Davison Love
Published by John Murray, London - 1913
Volume 2

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The principal features of Pitt’s term of office were t... Read More
 24 Nov 2020 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Vestiges of Old Madras
By Henry Davison Love
Published by John Murray, London - 1913
Volume 1

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Though not the earliest British settlement in the Indian Peninsul... Read More
 9 Jul 2019 Rare BOOKS
Digital Book :
BY-WAYS OF BOMBAY
By Stephen Meredyth Edwardes
Illustrations by M.V. Dhurandhar
Published by D.B.Taraporevala Sons & Co., Bombay - 1912

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A BHANDARl MYSTERY

IN the heart of the great... Read More
 25 Jun 2017 Rare Paintings
Painting of the Jagannatha temple at Puri - 1820

Watercolour depicting the Jagannatha temple at Puri by an anonymous artist, c. 1820. Inscribed on album page: 'Temple at Juggernauth'.

Puri is one of the cardinal centres of pilgrimage for Hinduism and is particularly revered by the Vaishnavas as... Read More
 25 Jun 2017 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Mysticism In The Temple Of Jagannath At Puri Orissa
By Servus Servorum
Published by Satgrantha Prachar Sangha, Ganjam - 1950

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Temple of Jugannath at Puri - 1847

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 10 Jun 2017 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Rajasthan Distict Gazetteers - Bikaner
By K.K. Sehgal
Published by Directorate, District Gazetteers, Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur - 1962

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 7 Jun 2017 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The Art and Architecture of Bikaner State
By Hermann Goetz
Published by Bruno Cassirer, Oxford - 1950

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 10 May 2017 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
Enugula Veeraswamy's Journal ( Kasiyatra Charitra )
Telugu Original compiled by Komaleswarapuram Srinivasa Pillai
Edited and translated by P.Sitapati and V.Purushottam
Published by Andhra Pradesh Government Oriental Manuscripts Library & Research Institute, Hyderabad - 1973

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 14 Apr 2017 Rare Paintings
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 's journey to Delhi

Ghulam Ahmad went to Delhi, which was at the time considered a centre of religious learning and home to many prominent religious leaders, in 1891, with the intention of distinguishing what he believed to be the truth from falsehood. He published an advertis... Read More
 29 Jan 2017 Article/Essay
Rani Padmini Palace, Chittorgarh

..."One such famous story is that of the Rani Padmini, who burned herself alive along with the other ladies of the court in order to protect their honour from the invading Sultan Alauddin Khilji. In 1303, Sultan Alauddin Khilji of Delhi decided to attack Chittor... Read More
 10 Jan 2017 Rare Paintings
Nandi, The Great Bull at Tanjore - 1798

Plate 22 from the second set of Thomas and William Daniell's 'Oriental Scenery'. The Brihadishvara Temple at Thanjavur is the greatest temple of the Chola period. It was patronised by Rajaraja I around AD 1000-10. The pavilion represented in the print was ... Read More
 24 Dec 2016 Article/Essay
There is much to learn about Bangalore
By Thejaswi Udupa

Bangalore is a city older than Bombay or Madras. Give it the love and attention it deserves, especially if you think of it as your city.

Learn Kannada. Some of the best works about Bangalore are available in that language. In the early 1... Read More
 14 Dec 2016 Rare Paintings
View of the hill fort, Trichinopoly - 1805
By William Orme

Watercolour

William Orme, who was active from about 1795 to 1819, was born in Manchester and was almost certainly the younger brother of Daniel Orme (also born in Manchester), and older brother of Edward Orme. An early watercolour by hi... Read More
 14 Dec 2016 Rare Paintings
'View of part of St. Thorne Street, Fort St. George' - 1805
By William Orme

Watercolour

William Orme, who was active from about 1795 to 1819, was born in Manchester and was almost certainly the younger brother of Daniel Orme (also born in Manchester), and older brother of Edward Orme. An early ... Read More
 28 Nov 2016 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
British beginnings in western India : 1579-1657
An account of the early days of the British factory of Surat
By Hugh George Rawlinson
Published by Clarendon Press at Oxford - 1920

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 19 Nov 2016 Rare Photographs
Bank of Bengal at Calcutta - 1870

Lithograph of the Bank of Bengal at Calcutta by Vincent Robert Alfred Brooks (1814-85) one of 'Eight views of Calcutta' published in London c.1870. Originally known as the Bank of Calcutta, the bank received its Royal Charter in 1809 and became the Bank of Benga... Read More
 22 Oct 2016 Rare Photographs
Rattan Chand's Temple, Lahore - 1880

Photograph of the temple of Rattan Chand at Lahore, Pakistan, taken by George Craddock in the 1880s, part of the Bellew Collection of Architectural Views. Lahore, the capital of Punjab province, is considered the cultural centre of Pakistan. Islam came here a... Read More
 10 Oct 2016 Rare Books
Digital Rare Book:
Trichinopoly Gazetteer
By F.R. Hemingway
Printed by The Superintendent, Government Press, Madras - 1907

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Volume 1
Publisher Madras : Superintendent, Govt. Press

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The Rock and Temple of T... Read More