Architecture

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, also known as Bangabandhu, the leader of Bangladesh's Independence movement, had this description of visiting the Taj in 1946:

"We left the hotel soon after we had taken our baths since we were all eagerly looking forward to

This 17th century palace, now known as Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal, was built by King Tirumala Nayaka, of the Nayaka dynasty, and was once spread over a much larger area than what remains today.

The publisher seems to speak to the Indian customers with this translation perpendicular to the image, and perhaps educate European ones:

[Recto]"Translation in English from the Arabic written on her tomb"
"He is alone everliving and everlasting".

An exceptional early lithographic card from the famous German exotic people's promoter and founder of Berlin's zoo. The title says it depicts an Indian coffee house.