The
New York Public Library Digital Collections has released
The People of India in the public domain. You can now view, download and use the images from the rare book.
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| Cover of the book 'People of India'. Image from the New York Public Library Digital Collections |
Edited by
J. Forbes Watson and John William Kaye, the book comprises three volumes and has a collection of photographic illustrations with descriptive letterpress. Published in the year 1868 by the India Museum, the book gives you a rare view of the races and tribes of that time.
Profiled in page 117 of the third volume of the book, here’s an
image of a Tharu couple from
Shahjahanpur, now in Uttar Pradesh of India. The writer duo describe the couple as ‘Tharoos. (Low Caste Hindoos: Probably Aboriginal.) Shahjehanpore.’
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| Image from the New York Public Library Digital Collections |
Further, you can see images of people from Nepal (written ‘Nipal’) and the neighbouring Indian states.
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Note: All the above images have been arranged in alphabetical order.
