Old Photographs from Indian History The daughter of an Indian maharajah seated on a panther she shot, sometime during 1920s.  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 .  A group of Dancing or nautch girls began performing with their elaborate costumes and jewelry.  A rare view of the President's palace and the Parliament building in New Delhi .  Women gather at a party in Mumbai ( Bombay ) in 1910.  A group from Vaishnava, a sect founded by a Hindu mystic. His followers are called Gosvami-maharajahs  An aerial view of Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi , built between 1650 and 1658.  The Imperial Airways 'Hanno' Hadley Page passenger airplane carries the England to India air mail, stopping in Sharjah to refuel.  |
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