| RCS/Y3022U contains: |
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| 34 |
The Great Mosque of Aurungzebe, Benares |
| 35 |
The Memorial Well, Cawnpore |
| 36 |
[Gyan Bepte, or Well of Knowledge, Benares] |
| 37 |
[Sensation Rock, Colombo-Kandy Railway] |
| 38 |
[The car of Juggernaut] |
| 39 |
Suttee Chowra Ghat, Cawnpore |
| 40 |
[Giant bamboos at Peradeniya Botanical Gardens] |
| 41 |
Giant bamboos [Peradeniya Botanical Gardens] |
| 42 |
Skinner's Road, Colombo |
| 43 |
Kandy |
| 44 |
Buddhist temple, Kandy |
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India, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] and Singapore
| Title |
Suttee Chowra Ghat, Cawnpore |
| Reference |
Y3022U/39 |
| Creator |
Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer |
| Covering Dates |
1860–1869 (The date is approximate.) |
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| Content and context |
319 x 187 mm. View looking along the riverbank towards the Sati Chaura Ghat, the landing place on the Ganges north of Wheeler's Entrenchment at Cawnpore where on 27 June 1857 the British garrison were ambushed and massacred after having been promised safe passage out of the town. Behind the landing place itself is a hexagonal temple dedicated to Shiva. See also Y3022L/31. No. 1208. |
| Further information |
Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| Asia |
| India |
| Kanpur |
| No further on-line information. |
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