13 rare photographs revealing life in India over one hundred years ago has been found in a shoebox.
This photo taken in India around a century ago
An unknown manpose for the camera. The images – all plate-glass negatives – were discovered by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland in Edinburgh
A Jain temple complex in Calcutta.
Two men stick dance in front of a crowd in Maidan, Calcutta.
A street hairdresser giving a ‘haircut’ in Strand Road South, Calcutta
Waterside with a group of washermen at a dhobi ghat
A crowded riverside with bathers at Chandpal Ghat in Calcutta
A Muhurram (sacred month) procession through a crowded Calcutta street
A street scene in an unknown location, life in India at least a century ago
Buildings on the south-east side of Lal Dighi, Calcutta, lit at night for the 1912 British royal visit by King George V and Queen Mary.
King George V and the Queen arrive in Delhi in 1911
Celebrations for the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Calcutta in 1912
