Ancient bihar
The Harihar Kshetra festival at Sonepur, near Patna (Bihar). The river is thronged with boats; in the background the tents of the fair and in the foreground people embarking Artist/creator: Ram, Sevak Place and date of production: 1807-1809 Credit: British Library
Striking last blocks, closing lines of foundation in anicut at Dehri, Bihar, India, June 1872. Artist/creator: Anon Place and date of production: India, 1872 Credit: British Library
Mausoleum of Sher Shah, Sasaram, Bihar. The mausoleum stands in a tank with a peacock boat in the foreground Artist/creator: Ward, Francis Swain Place and date of production: 1772 – 1773 Credit: British Library
This photograph of the Bihar museum was taken in the 1870s. Although it was credited to ‘Dr Simpson’, their is a strong possibility that it was taken by Joseph David Beglar. The photograph is part of the Archaeological Survey of India Collections and shows the museum buildings across a pool with a ghat positioned in … Read more
शाहाबाद जिला पटना कमिश्नरी का पश्चिमी भाग है। यह 24 डिग्री 31 मिनट और 25 डिग्री 46 मिनट उत्तरी अक्षांश तथा 83 डिग्री 19 मिनट और 84 डिग्री 51 मिनट पूर्वी देशांतर के बीच में स्थित है। इस जिले का सदर ऑफिस आरा है। बिहार के उत्तर में संयुक्त प्रांत के गाजीपुर और बलिया जिले … Read more
General view of cave temples in the Barabar Hills, Gaya (Bihar). January 1814; a watercolor by Colin Mackenzie Sudama [and] Lomas Rishi Caves at Barabar [Hills], Gya; a photo by Thomas Fraser Peppé, 1870 Sculptured doorway, Lomas Rishi cave, Barabar, Gya; a photo by Thomas Fraser Peppé, 1870 … Read more
View of the great Choke,’ both sides of the main street of Patna, dominated by two facing chattris; a watercolor by Seeta Ram, 1814-15 Great Choke at Patna’, a view of one side of the main street in the Indian city of Patna Grounds of Duncan Campbell’s house at Patna … Read more
Pen and ink drawings by Sir Charles D’Oyly (1781-1845), of Patna City in Bihar, from an Album of 80 drawings of views in Bengal and Bihar taken between January 1823 and May 1825. Patna, the ancient Pataliputra, was the centre of the opium trade in northern India. The Dutch, French, Danish and British East India … Read more
The granary (Golghar) at Bankipur, near Patna (Bihar) seen from the river; European officials’ houses near by; a watercolor by Robert Smith, 1814-15
गंगा नदी से पटना शहर की एक झलक – 1795 Part of the City of Patna, on the River Ganges; by Thomas Daniell, 1795