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Elphinstone College, Mumbai is one of the oldest colleges in the University of Mumbai system. It is named after Mountstuart Elphinstone, the Governor of Bombay from 1819 to 1827.

The grand old building of the Madras Club, with the banqueting hall in the center. Founded in 1832, the "Ace of Club" as it was known was the second oldest in India after the Bengal Club.

The third oldest college in India, this Gothic building and campus was opened in 1868 and has since become a leading post-graduate research institute.

The Kapaleeshwarar Temple outside Chennai dedicated to lord Shiva is about 1,400 years old and this view is very similar today. Note the people in the foreground.

A unusual weather-related postcard where the coloring of the clouds in the sky would likely have been one by hand.

Conceived in 1889, and opened in 1898, the museum is said to contain 80,000 objects from Kashmir and surrounding areas, including important artifacts from excavations led by the Archaeological Survey of India (A.S.I.) during the early part of the…

[Original caption on back] This famous street was built by Jahanara Begum daughter of Emperor Shah Jehan. It extends 1520 yards in length from Delhi Fort to Fatehpuri Mosque, and is 40 yards [wide].

A striking image of a small Parsi girl sitting on a table with her feet on a chair, the "de [of] Bombay" added by the French sender in 1911.

This rare photograph of Nepalis was likely taken in the hillstation of Darjeeling in a studio.

While quite distinctive, keyhole views like this one were a brief fad that overtook early postcard publishing and soon disappeared.