Ancient Buddhist Temple Gwalior
Buddhism had largely departed India by this time, having flourished between the 3rd century BCE and 13th century CE, but its temples still stood and were frequently subjects of postcards.
Religion
The Great Burning Ghat in Benares
[Original German] Der Grosse Verbrennungs Platz in Benares [end]
One of the earliest artist-signed postcards of India.
Greetings from Bombay
From an early "Greetings from" series by D.M. Macropolo & Co., a renowned Raj tobacconist with retail stores in Kolkata and Mumbai.
Calcutta
One of the earliest postcards of India, Calcutta, published by W. Rossler, a German or Austrian photographer in the city in 1897. Lithograph, Court sized, Printed in Austria. Undivided back.
Wazir Khan's Mosque (outer part) Lahore
Known for its beautiful "faience" work, a type of fine pottery-tile artwork, the historic Wazir Khan mosque in the walled city of Lahore was built during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan by Shaikh Ilm-ud-din Ansari between 1634 and 1641.
Eid Mubarak [Eid Greetings]
![Eid Mubarak [Eid Greetings]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/eid-greetings-4_0.jpg?itok=yxvPcehy "Eid Mubarak [Eid Greetings]")
This lavishly illustrated card, embossed in gold outline, was printed in Germany. It shows how European figures and themes were easily repurposed for local holidays.
Wazir Khan Mosque (inner part) Lahore
The inner courtyard (sahn) of Lahore’s Wazir Khan Mosque built in the 17th century is the mosque’s central open space, organized to frame the prayer hall (on the west) and surrounded by arched cloisters that create a rhythmic, enclosed “room” of sky.
Village Preaching, Kanigiri, South India.
Informative preaching sessions in villages were usually held in the central part of the villages by American and British missionaries.
A Group of Punjabi Mohamedan Women & Men
One wonders where this photograph was taken, possibly in the Murree hills but it could have been elsewhere too.
Prayer in Juma Masjid, Delhi
This is a superbly hand-tinted postcard, with both swathes of color (pink and blue) and individual color specs in the crowd mixed with the black ink of the collotype enhancing the effect of a real crowd praying.
