The Paper Jewels Daily Gem

A new Raj (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Myanmar) postcard here, on Instagram and Facebook every 48 hours. Can also be perused as categories. Based on the book Paper Jewels Postcards from the Raj by Omar Khan (Mapin/Alkazi, 2018).


Bombay. View of Malabar Hill
ca 1908
Parsi Priest
ca 1903
[Child and Dog]
ca 1908
Punjabi's Weaving Mats
ca 1903
Dog Keeper
ca 1905
Entrance to Karli Caves, Karli
ca 1906
Sri Subhaschandar Bose
ca 1930
Van Gari Woman
ca 1899
Attock Fort and the River Indus
ca 1910
Tibetan Mendicant
ca 1930
Dancing Girl and Musician
ca 1903
Tiger, Jaipur
ca 1908
Historic India The Glorious Gateway
ca 1908
Queen's Mosque, Ahmedabad
ca 1905
A Cobbler
ca 1904
A Doonga Houseboat on Jhelum River
ca 1908
Bombay View of Malabar Hill & Chowpatty
ca 1908
The Taj Mahal from the River, Agra
ca 1905
Sacred Temple of Buddha's Tooth, Kandy
ca 1908
Native Quarter, Null Bazaar, Bombay
ca 1908
Mar Nala, Srinagar (Kashmir)
ca 1904
Afridi Girl
ca 1908
Tomb of Nizam-ood-din
ca 1905
Rope Bridge over Jhelum River, Rampur Kashmir
ca 1905
Madras Coconut Oil Mills
ca 1905
Gateway to India Singer
ca 1930
[Two Women with Tinted Glitter]
ca 1910
Mudellar [Mudaliar] Caste Lady
ca 1905
Sinkaleesch [Singhalese]
ca 1900
The Times of India Building, Bombay
ca 1910

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