Shish Mahal Fort, Lahore
One of the most ornate and lavish rooms within the Lahore Fort. Built during the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan's 17th century reign, the Shish Mahal ("Shish" means mirror) is noted for its beautiful mirror work.
Divided back
Courtyard of Indian Pavilion
The Indian Pavilion at the 1924 British Empire Exhibition (Wembley) was designed as a major “showpiece” building in an Indo‑Saracenic/Mughal-revival idiom, explicitly modelled on iconic North Indian monuments (often described as drawing on the Jama
Salutations de Kandy [Greetings from Kandy]
![Salutations de Kandy [Greetings from Kandy]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/greetings-kandy_0.jpg?itok=mKKetJaN "Salutations de Kandy [Greetings from Kandy]")
This was probably an advertising card for the Queen's Hotel, Kandy Lake, near the Temple of the Buddha's Tooth, and one of Sri Lanka's oldest continuously operating hotels, opened in 1869.
Edler & Krische is often misattributed as a French postcard
Peshawar Fort
After Ahmad Shah Durrani took Peshawar in 1747, Bala Hissar served as a royal residence for the Durrani Empire. This period is strongly associated with the fort’s role as an Afghan administrative and courtly center in the frontier city.
Lala Lajpat Rai
[Original caption on front, shown here] "The blow that was hurled at us this afternoon was a nail in the coffin of the British Empire. Nobody who has seen it is ever likely to forget it. It has sunk deep into our own soul.
Oodypur. Jagmunda Palace.
Udaipur is home so many beautiful lakes and often called the "Venice of the East."
The Lake Palace, also called Jag Niwas or Jagmunda Palace, is the biggest tourist attraction in Udaipur and was constructed by Maharana Jagat Singh II in the mid-18th
Type de Muletier Indien
A muleteer in World War I was a mule driver/handler employed by an army’s transport services to move supplies (and sometimes evacuate wounded) using pack mules, especially where roads were poor and wheeled vehicles couldn’t operate.
Bhowani Peith (Street) Poona.
"Bhowani Street" in Pune refers to a street in Bhavani Peth (also spelled "Bhowani Peith" in colonial-era usage), one of the seventeen historic peths (wards/neighborhoods) that constitute old Pune.
Sinhalese
[Original] Cingalais Constipation ses Consequences Veritables Grains de Sante ou Docteur Franck, ([For] Constipation and its
consequences. Spirits beneficial to health from Doctor Franck.) [end]
An early advertising postcard for Doctor Franck's
Lucknow. La Martiniere No. 2.
La Martiniere was intended as a palace, became a tomb and is now a school.
La Martinere of Lucknow consists of two schools, one for the boys and another for girls, located on different campuses.
