cover image: Cave Dwelling, Bairat, India, ca.1901

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Cave Dwelling, Bairat, India, ca.1901

“Cave dwelling, Bairat. One cave is 22 feet x 10-12 high. The 5 famous Pandav [Pandava] brothers were concealed here for a time.” View of large stone with small cave entrances beneath it. The Pandavas were the five sons of Pandu. Their story is recorded in the Mahabharata, one of the most significant Sanskrit epics of ancient India. ❧ United Free Church of Scotland photographs from the Rajputana mission.
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Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-79182
Date published
circa 1901
Dates
circa 1901
Pages
Photographic prints, 19.6 x 14.6 cm.
Place Discussed
Asia Bairat India Rājasthān
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
India
Reference
impa-a-nls-75648626-1.tif
Rights
For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk National Library of Scotland National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License. manuscripts@nls.uk
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/138eea5d8b7e7c861632527fb62455ab

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