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This image by the Indian painter M.V. Dhurandhar manages to convey a real sense of personality and drama to the situation through the face and gesture of the priest.

[Original caption] The Household Washes the baby. "East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet." So says Kipling and he ought to know for he was born in India.

[Original caption] A Low Country Village. The picture shows a typical scene in the flat country parts of Ceylon.

Before the Mar Nala (canal) was built, the excess water of the Dal Lake flowed into river Jhelum at Habba Kadal.

Historical records in Chennia mention Nungambakkam as one of the three villages (in addition to Egmore and Chetput) that the British East India Company purchased in 1743 to form the port city of Madras.

[Original caption] Sacrificing a Goat for a Religious Festival. Although the fanatical custom among fanatics of sacrificing themselves beneath the wheels of the Juggernaut car is a thing of the past, the sacrificing of animals is a common practice…

A real photo postcard of Peshawar bazaar showing a minaret of Mahabat Khan mosque, built in the 17th century.

An Eid Mubarak card from Lahore in the 1930s.

One of the nice things about early postcards like this one of the main street (now known as Jinnah Road) in Quetta, Balochistan are the businesses and names that they reveal.

A very early postcard printed in India, most likely by The Ravi Varma Press and drawn by its chief lithographer Paul Gerhardt.